Stem cell study finds source of earliest blood cells during development

Hematopoietic stem cells are now routinely used to treat patients with cancers and other disorders of the blood and immune systems, but researchers knew little about the progenitor cells that give rise to them during embryonic development. In a study published April 8...

Dr. Justin Shaffer appointed as a New Case Scholar

Justin Schaffer, Ph.D., a lecturer PSOE in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology at UC Irvine, was recently appointed a New Case Scholar. The Science Case Network, a newly established Research Coordination Network for Undergraduate Biology Education,...