Thursday, October 11, 2007

Stem cell nuclei are soft 'hard drives,' study finds

Source: University of Pennsylvania
Date: October 11, 2007

Summary:

Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that the nuclei of human stem cells are particularly soft and flexible, rather than hard, making it easier for stem cells to migrate through the body and to adopt different shapes, but ultimately to put human genes in the correct nuclear ¡°sector¡± for proper access and expression.