Monday, March 05, 2007

Researchers Discover New Mechanism That Regulates Stem Cell Division

Source: Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
Date: March 5, 2007

Summary:

Errors in stem cell division can give rise to tumours. By studying stem cells in the fruit fly, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified one of the mechanisms that govern how these cells divide. The study appears this week in the scientific journal Developmental Cell.