Stretching the Limits: From Homeostasis to Stem Cell Plasticity in Wound Healing and Cancer

    February 2018 in “ Nature Reviews Genetics ”
    Yejing Ge, Elaine Fuchs
    Studysummary This review covers recent findings on stem cell plasticity under normal and cancerous conditions but presents no new experimental results, highlighting implications for regenerative medicine and cancer treatments.
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