Monday, July 09, 2007

Specialized Cells: A Question Of Identity

Source: University of Virginia
Date: July 9, 2007

Summary:

Human development has long been seen as a one-way street. During gestation, stem cells were thought to develop into a succession of ever more specialized cells. As Dr. R. Ariel Gomez has discovered, the final identity of these cells is not as definite as once thought.