Stem cells are wired for cooperation, down to the DNA
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
We often think of human cells as tiny computers that perform assigned tasks, where disease is a result of a malfunction. But in the current issue of Science, researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center offer a radical view of health—seeing it more as a cooperative state among cells, while they see disease as result of cells at war that fight with each other for domination.