Unlocking Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies
Date: 14.10.2008
In a groundbreaking study led by a molecular biologist at Florida State University, researchers have discovered that as **embryonic stem cells** turn into different cell types, there are dramatic corresponding changes to the order in which DNA is replicated and reorganized.
The findings bridge a critical knowledge gap for stem cell biologists, enabling them to better understand the enormously complex process by which DNA is repackaged during differentiation -- when embryonic stem cells, jacks of all cellular trades, lose their anything-goes attitude and become masters of specialized functions.
Whole article on "sciencedaily":[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010154152.htm]
