Near‐field photothermal microspectroscopy for adult stem‐cell identification and characterization

The identification of stem cells in adult tissue is a challenging problem in biomedicine. Currently, stem cells are identified by individual epitopes, which are generally tissue specific. The discovery of a stem‐cell marker common to other adult tissue types could open avenues in the development of therapeutic stem‐cell strategies.

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