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The 'stem cell' concept: is it holding us back?

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https://doi.org/10.1186/jbiol177Creative Commons 'BY' version 4.0 license
Abstract

Developmental biology, regenerative medicine and cancer biology are increasingly occupied with the molecular characterization of stem cells. Yet recent work adds to a growing body of literature suggesting that 'stemness' cannot be reduced to the molecular features of cell types, and is instead an emergent property of cell lineages under feedback control.

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