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James Till, Ernest McCulloch and the discovery of stem cells
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In 1961 James Till and Ernest McCulloch, scientists at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, reported cautious findings they called “spleen colony-forming units.” In later years they and their collaborators established that these were stem cells and explained their properties, setting the stage for all later stem-cell research.
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The discovery as described by the University of Toronto.
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James Till on how 'serendipity' and public funding made possible the discovery of stem cells | University of Toronto ↗
University of Toronto
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