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Hematopoietic

Definition

adjective

Of, or pertaining to, hematopoiesis, which is the formation of blood in the body.


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Word origin: from Ancient Greek: haima, blood + poiesis, to make.
Related forms: hematopoiesis (noun)

'Variant: haematopoietic


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Allele symbols/acronyms?

Thanks for your reply! In this case, Rb is retinoblastoma. The paper is talking about how Rb influnces the regulation of hematopoietic stem cells. Sorry, I should have said that in the first place! I guess it is silly of me to assume that "fl" would always stand for the same ...

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by BioGradStudent
Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:20 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Allele symbols/acronyms?
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How can I isolate adult stem cells from circulation.

... about 40 years ago. In the 1960s, researchers discovered that the bone marrow contains at least two kinds of stem cells. One population, called hematopoietic stem cells, forms all the types of blood cells in the body. A second population, called bone marrow stromal cells, was discovered a few ...

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by biolearner
Mon May 19, 2008 10:07 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: How can I isolate adult stem cells from circulation.
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How does yellow marrow convert to red marrow?

I keep reading that it's possible, but I don't understand how. How does fat turn into hematopoietic tissue???? I'm thinking that I'm missing something here. I tried finding some kind of articles, but I didn't get much information back. Supposedly, it's possible, but ...

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by Bio-Hazard
Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:44 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: How does yellow marrow convert to red marrow?
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Views: 563

hematopoietic stem cell protein extraction

Hello! Does anyone have a working protocole for total protein extraction of hematopoietic stem cells? Many thanks in advance! 8)

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by Joohn
Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:19 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: hematopoietic stem cell protein extraction
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Views: 470

The Fiber Disease

... organ in vitro, by providing appropriate spatial and temporal cues to direct these stem cells to acquire different fates in the forming organ. Hematopoietic stem cells will be subsequently introduced into the multicomponent engineered bony organs to establish functional blood cell forming organs. ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:00 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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