hematopoeitic stem cell

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hematopoeitic stem cell - blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells

stem cell - an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)

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Contamination of peripheral hematopoeitic stem cell products with a Mycobacterium mucogenicum-related pathogen.

Case twenty eight: a confusing, unexpected and mistaken case of bacteremia

Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome following hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation.

Recognize Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome in patients with cancer

Introducing genes known to produce AML into Bmi-1(-/-) hematopoeitic stem cells (fetal liver cells), induced AML with normal kinetics; however, the Bmi-1 (-/-) leukemic stem cells from primary recipients were unable to produce AML in secondary recipients.