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The tao of hematopoietic stem cells: toward a unified theory of tissue regeneration.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 10 Apr 2002
Bunting Kevin D, Hawley Robert G
Abstract excerpt
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the best studied of the tissue-specific stem cells. By definition, HSCs have long been regarded as restricted to formation of blood cells of both the lymphoid and myeloid lineages. HSCs residing in the bone marrow microenvironment have self-renewal capacity and can repopulate the hematopoietic system of irradiated transplant recipients for the lifetime of the individual....
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