Blood Stem Cells Originate in the Placenta

... author Dr. Hanna Mikkola, a researcher in the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). "It was a big mystery, where these cells originated. This is the first ...

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