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Stem cells on a stress-busting diet

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Knowing how an organism's tissues handle stress throughout life is key to understanding ageing and disease. Stems cells of the blood system seem to tackle metabolic stress by means of a process called autophagy. See Article p.323

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Figure 1: Stem cells, nutrient uptake and autophagy.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion1 were published online on 6 February 2013.

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  1. Teresa V. Bowman and Leonard I. Zon are in the Stem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.,

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