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Saturday, July 04, 2015

stem cells communication

Wait, some stem cells use nanotubes to communicate with other cells? Seriously?
July 1, 2015

Confocal microscope image showing stem cells (blue) clustering around a hub in the stem cell niche (pink). One stem cell extends a nanotube into the hub. (credit: Mayu Inaba, University of Michigan) 
Ask postdoc Mayu Inaba, who discovered something biologists have mistaken for a speck of dust
Certain types of stem cells use microscopic, threadlike nanotubes to communicate with neighboring cells, rather than sending a broadcast signal, researchers at University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered. The fruit-fly research findings, published today (July 1) in Nature, suggest that short-range, cell-to-cell communication may rely on this … more…

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