Cancer scientists discover novel way gene controls stem cell self-renewal

Stem cell scientists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered the gene GATA3 has a role in how blood stem cells renew themselves, a finding that advances the quest to expand these cells in the lab for clinical use in bone marrow transplantation, a procedure that saves thousands of lives every year.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/uhn…