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UNC Scientists Discover Proteins Keeping Stem Cells in Their Undifferentiated State
December 12, 2017
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 12 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news:

A special cluster of proteins that helps unwind DNA during cell division plays a key role in keeping stem cells in their immature state, according to a new study by UNC School of Medicine researchers.

The study, published in the online journal eLife, illuminates the basic biology of stem cells, and suggests a new molecular handle for controlling them. S . . .

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