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De-liver-ing blood and immune cells to the developing human

Some blood and immune disorders have origins during early human development. To treat these diseases effectively, we must understand what is occurring during normal development and how critical changes in cellular expansion could lead to disease. In adulthood, our blood and immune cells are made in... click to read more

Emily Stephenson | PhD student at Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Laura Jardine | Lecturer at Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

immune

blood

development

prenatal

liver

Reading time 3 min

published on Aug 25, 2020

A new way to go gray

Although gray hair is often seen as just another sign of getting older, for us at the Harris Lab it’s a window into the mysterious world of stem cells and their role in aging and tissue regeneration. Hair color depends on a specialized set of... click to read more

Christopher R. Keys | Researcher at Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Melissa Harris | Assistant Professor at Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

gray hair

melanocytes

MITF

melanocyte stem cell

virus

immune

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Nov 23, 2018