Hidden, Dormant Stem Cells

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Hidden, Dormant Stem Cells
      

Housed within the organs of our bodies are adult stem cells. These cells have the ability to replace any type of dying or damaged cell in their native organ. In general, there seems to be consensus in the stem cell research community that each organ has its own type of adult stem cells.

But a report in the advanced online publications of Nature Genetics indicates that multiple, unique populations of stem cells can occur in a single organ. The lead author on the paper is Mario Capecchi, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.


         

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