Word: stemming
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...Andrian, who led the research project, said he believes this discovery will help scientists understand how stem cell trafficking may be influenced by—and perhaps contribute to–various pathologies, such as inflammatory diseases and cancer...
Scientists have known for decades that stem cells sometimes migrate from the bone marrow into the bloodstream. But they have not yet understood the “meaning and consequences” of this phenomenon until now, von Andrian said...
...added that blood stem cells do not just give rise to cells that form the immune system, but that “they are part of the immune system...
...study alters the perception that blood stem cells play a passive role in the immune system, according to David T. Scadden, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute...
...might change people’s view on the purpose of blood stem cells’ circulation,” Scadden said. “It might influence what is taught in classrooms about blood stem cells’ role...