We will meet in College on Thursdays at 3 and 4:15pm, mostly in Maitland 19/20. Essays should be placed in my pigeonhole in the Anatomy and Genetics Department by the end of the Wednesday preceding the tutorial.
What is a stem cell?
Anderson, D. J., Gage, F. H., and Weissman, I. L. (2001). Can stem cells cross lineage boundaries? Nature Medicine 7, 393-5. Can stem cells cross lineage boundaries?
Watt, F. M., and Hogan, B. L. (2000). Out of Eden: stem cells and their niches. Science 287, 1427-30.
Weissman, I. L. (2000). Translating stem and progenitor cell biology to the clinic: barriers and opportunities. Science 287, 1442-6.
Clarke DL et al. (2000) Generalised potential of adult neural stem cells. Science 288, 1660-1663. potential of adult stem cells
Nature focus on stem cells: http://www.nature.com/reviews/focusarticles/stem_cell/
Science special issue on stem cells: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol287/issue5457/index.shtml
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