Stem cells

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Orkin SH, Morrison SJ. Stem cell competition. Nature 2002;418:25-7.

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Spradling A, Drummond BD, Kai T. Stem cells find their niche. Nature 2001;414:98-104.

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Cheshier SH, Morrison SJ, Xiensheng L, Weissman I. In vivo proliferation and cell cycle kinetics of long-term self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:3120-5.

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Surani MA. Reprogramming of genome function through epigenetic inheritance. Nature 2001;414:122-7.

Jackson KA, Mi T, Goodell MA. Hematopoietic potential of stem cells isolated from murine skeletal muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:14482-6.

Bjornson CR et al. Turning brain into blood: a hematopoietic fate adopted by adult neural stem cells in vivo. Science 1999;283:534-7.

Chu VT, Gage FH. Chipping away at stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001;98:7652-3.

Liang L, Bickenbach JR. Somatic epidermal stem cells can produce multiple cell lineages during development. Stem Cell 2002;20:21-31.

Hawley RG, Sobieski DA. Somatic stem cells cell plasticity: To be or not to be. Stem Cell 2002;20:195-7.

Terada N et al. Bone marrow cells adopt the phenotype of other cells by spontaneous cell fusion. Nature 2002;416:542-5.

Ying QL et al. Changing potency by spontaneous fusion. Nature 2002;416:545-8.

Freed CR. Will embryonic stem cells be a useful source of dopamine neurons for transplant into patients with Parkinson's disease? Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002;99:1755-7.

Bianco P, Robey P. Stem cells in tissue engineering. Nature 2001;414:118-21.

Weissman IL. Translating stem and progenitor cell biology to the clinic: barriers and opportunities. Science 2000;287:1442-6.

Vogel G. Stem cells not so stealthy after all. Commentary. Science 2002;297:175-6.

Kim JH et al. Dopamine neurons derived from embryonic stem cells function in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. Nature 2002;418:50-6.

Bianco P, Robey G. Stem cells in tissue engineering. Nature 2001;414:118-21.