Recent research has shown that maintenance of germline stem cells requires a defense mechanism against differentiation. Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered that to maintain the stem cells, the body needs to use a specific set of molecular requirements to differentiate them from the surrounding tissue. This research has implications for the understanding of infertility and aging, as well as the development of new treatments for diseases related to germline stem cells.

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source: Phys.org