How Stem Cell Descendants Preserve Flexibility While Maintaining Distinct Identities
April 08, 2026
April 08, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The Whitehead Institute issued the following news:
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How stem cell descendants preserve flexibility while maintaining distinct identities
Stem cells are the body's ultimate shape-shifters, sustaining tissues by balancing two competing demands: maintaining their own population and generating specialized descendants. In many tissues, some early descendants can revert to a stem cell state through a process known as . . .
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How stem cell descendants preserve flexibility while maintaining distinct identities
Stem cells are the body's ultimate shape-shifters, sustaining tissues by balancing two competing demands: maintaining their own population and generating specialized descendants. In many tissues, some early descendants can revert to a stem cell state through a process known as . . .