Blood Stem Cells Originate And Are Nurtured In The Placenta

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 03/06/2008 - 13:00

Solving a long-standing biological mystery, stem cell researchers have discovered that blood stem cells, the cells that later differentiate into all the cells in the blood supply, originate and are nurtured in the placenta.


 

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