Source: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch
Article Date: 13 September 2007 - 17:00 PDT
Summary:
In recent years, researchers have gained ever more insight into the regulation of stem cells and their role in self-renewal and repair mechanisms. One important stem cell regulator discovered is now known as the Wnt signaling pathway. It plays a crucial role in embryonic development, cell growth (proliferation), and maturation of cells into specialized cells (differentiation). This pathway is also an important regulator of stem cells.
