This study provides an experimental system to further understand how benzene metabolites impair the regulation of haematopoietic stem cells, the researchers say. (sciencedaily.com)
Specifically, the project will seek to characterize genetic variants regulating the processes of differentiation, proliferation and fate determination in the human haematopoietic system. (sanger.ac.uk)
Luc Douay at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, and his colleagues extracted what are called haematopoietic stem cells from a volunteer's bone marrow. (newscientist.com)