Expansion of human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation.

Chou, Song; Chu, Pat; Hwang, William; Lodish, Harvey · Cell Stem Cell · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A recent Science paper reported a purine derivative that expands human cord blood hematopoietic stem cells in culture (Boitano et al., 2010) by antagonizing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Major problems need to be overcome before ex vivo HSC expansion can be used clinically.

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