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Memory stem cells sustain disease

A rare memory stem cell has been discovered that sustains graft-versus-host disease in animal models (pages 1299–1305)

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Figure 1: Generation and differentiation of CD8+ memory stem cells.

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Yu, XZ., Anasetti, C. Memory stem cells sustain disease. Nat Med 11, 1282–1283 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1205-1282

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