The origins of our blood may not be quite what we thought. Using cellular “barcoding” in mice, a groundbreaking study finds that blood cells originate not from one type of mother cell, but two, with potential implications for blood cancers, bone marrow transplant, and immunology. Fernando Camargo, Ph.D., of the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children’s Hospital led the study, published in Nature on June 15.
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