Source: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Date: 17 February 2011
Summary:
Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have begun to unravel how blood stem cells regenerate themselves, identifying a key gene required for the process. The discovery that the Erg gene is vitally important to blood stem cells’ unique ability to self-renew could give scientists new opportunities to use blood stem cells for tissue repair, transplantation and other therapeutic applications. The scientists said the research aimed to understand how blood stem cells are made. The study is published in the February edition of Genes and Development.
