developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 12 April 2012
We depend on our own comfort zones to keep us grounded, and stem cells are no different. A recent paper in Development describes how the adhesion that keeps a stem ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 8 March 2012
The progress of stem cell research depends on the ability to grow stem cells in culture. Embryonic stem (ES) cells from some organisms, such as humans, have proven difficult to ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 February 2012
A fully differentiated cell took a fascinating journey to become its present self. For every cell, a precursor cell existed that gave rise to it. And for every precursor cell, ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 January 2012
Our intestinal tissue doesn’t need a New Year’s resolution to keep up its amazing productivity. Our intestinal epithelium is replenished at breakneck speed in an assembly line that begins with ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 7 December 2011
Satellite cells are muscle stem cells that regenerate injured muscle (remember this earlier post?). They are highly motile cells that may be able to travel in order to repair injured ...