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The origins of blood: induction of hematopoietic stem cells from different sources.

Saito Y, Ishikawa F

Research Unit for Human Disease Models, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.

Ex vivo hematopoiesis from embryonic sources offers exciting promises in basic research and medicine. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Ledran et al. (2008) describe human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived hematopoiesis, while Taoudi et al. (2008) define the origin of definitive hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from the mouse aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region.

Published 2 July 2008 in Cell Stem Cell, 3(1): 8-10.
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