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August 11, 2016

Stem cells of worms and humans more similar than expected
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 10, 2016
The transient form of genetic information, the RNA, is processed in a similar manner in the cells of both organisms. These mechanisms seem to be at work throughout the whole animal kingdom. Scientists from the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and their international partners showed this in a genome-wide study on flatworms whose results have now been published in the scientific journal eLife. Stem cells are cellular all-rounders and can differentiate int ... read more

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