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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 13 November 2012
Most folks think that our brains don’t produce any more neurons after we’re born, but thankfully they do! A small subset of stem cells within the hippocampus gives rise to ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 14 August 2012
Decisions, decisions. Stem cells face the task to self-renew or differentiate, a decision made out of the combination and coordination of numerous regulators. With the activation or suppression of transcriptional ...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 22 April 2011
Axons have such important jobs to do that they require their own support staff. Schwann cells are responsible for ensheathing axons of the peripheral nervous system with myelin, which allows ...