Protein is Key to Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 11:43 in Biology & Nature

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have learned that a protein called Shp2 plays a critical role in the pathways that control decisions for differentiation or self-renewal in both human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs).

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