Francesca Mariani: In a recent study in the journal Cell, Kyle Loh and colleagues in Irving Weissman’s group established a rapid protocol for converting human pluripotent stem cells into mesoderm—the progenitors for heart, skeleton, muscles and a variety of other critical tissue types in our bodies. The strategy effectively recapitulates signaling events at play in…Continue Reading What I’m reading: Francesca Mariani offers a top pick
