Researchers have uncovered the molecular underpinnings of one of the earliest steps in human development using human embryonic stem cells.
Their identification of a critical signal mediated by the protein BMP-4 that drives the differentiation of stem cells into what will become the placenta, will be published in Cell Stem Cell.
The finding, they say, also highlights one aspect of human cell biology that has not been replicated in other animal model systems.
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