Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) have the property of self-renewal and through cell division and differentiation, form populations of progenitor cells which are committed to the main marrow cell lines; Erythroid, Granulocytic and Monocytic, Megakaryocytic and Lymphocytic. The earlier progenitor cells are multipotent but, as division and differentiation proceed, later progenitors are formed that are committed to three, two or one cell line (Ref.1 & 2). In the strictest sense depending on potency (i.e., the capacity to differentiat...
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