Birth of blood-forming cells (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Birth of blood-forming cells

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Clusters of the earliest hematopoietic cells being born in the walls of the umbilical artery of a mouse embryo. The cells colored in red represent embryonic multipotent progenitor cells (eMPPs).

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Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital

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