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OutRider
03-10-2009, 08:27 AM
A very general over view of the biology of stem cells for us non biology types in laymen terms

A stem cell is an undifferentiated cell that can proliferate and give rise to multiple tissue types from the same precursor cell. The hallmarks of "stem-ness" as currently understood are.....

Daily Kos Article (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/10/15414/0313/297/698392)