A mechanism that allows a differentiated cell to reactivate as a stem cell revealed

The study, performed with fruit flies, describes a gene that determines whether a specialized cell conserves the capacity to become a stem cell again One kind of stem cell, those referred to as 'facultative', form part - together with other cells - of tissues and organs. There is apparently nothing that differentiates these cells from the others.

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