Source: HealthDay News
Date: December 13, 2007
Summary:
HealthDay News reports researchers at Stanford University have identified a cell in human bone marrow that is the source of all forms of human blood cells:
"The "great-grandparent" of all human blood cells has been identified by Stanford University researchers, who said the finding could lead to new treatments for blood cancers and other blood diseases. The researchers said this cell, the multipotent progenitor, is the initial offspring of a blood-forming stem cell in the bone marrow that's the source of all cells of the blood. It's also believed that a mutation in the cell causes acute myelogenous leukemia."
