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Hematopoietic stem cells: Are they CD34-positive or CD34-negative?

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New findings add to the growing evidence that some stem cells in the bone marrow do not express the CD34 marker, which is currently used to select stem cells for transplantation (pages 1038–1045).

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Nakauchi, H. Hematopoietic stem cells: Are they CD34-positive or CD34-negative?. Nat Med 4, 1009–1010 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/1996

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