Access
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
News
Nature 448, 522 (2 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448522b; Published online 1 August 2007
Open Innovation Challenges
-
Efficient Chromosome Doubling: Plant Cell Division
The Seeker is looking for an efficient chromosome doubling method in plants and in particular, metho...
-
Protect Enzyme from In Planta Degradation
A proposal for stable expression of an enzyme in corn seed is desired.
- More Challenges
- Powered by:
nature jobs
Principal / Senior Scientist- Neurosciences
- Genentech
- South San Francisco, CA, USA
Postdoctoral Position in Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research
- Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg
- Heidelberg 69120 Germany
Flatworms' starring role in stem-cell research
Heidi Ledford
Abstract
Biologists hope insight into cell differentiation and communication will transfer to humans.
Tiny channels provide corridors of communication between adult stem cells and their differentiated neighbours, a study has found. The finding could be an important step towards determining how to control the development of adult stem-cell identity, but there's a catch — it was discovered in the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
