MicroRNA molecule increases number of blood stem cells, may help improve cancer treatment

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 22:28 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified a new mechanism that controls the number of hematopoietic stem cells -- cells that give rise to all blood and immune system cells. The team identified a tiny RNA molecule that increases the number of these blood stem cells, an advance that may improve treatment of blood system cancers.

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