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Article: Study shows importance of stem cells in sperm production.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- June 11, 2004
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2004 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have discovered a protein in stem cells that allows for cell renewal.
Stem cells in the ovaries and testes replace themselves and allow these organs to give rise to offspring. According to the study, published in the June issue of Nature Neuroscience, mice lacking in this protein found in stem cells did ...