Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy reveal how a retrovirus in the human genome keeps embryonic stem cells in a pluripotent state, from where they can differentiate into all cells of the body.

Links for this episode

• Retrovirus needed for stem cell identity (Nat Struc Mol Biol)
• HERV-H is a marker for pluripotency (Retrovirology)
• Letters read on TWiV 279

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