Grigore-Aristide Gafencu

Aug 23, 2024 | science.org | Philipp Starkl |Merve Aksöz |Alessio Bevilacqua |Grigore-Aristide Gafencu

Editor’s summaryHematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are required for blood cell production throughout life. Murine HSCs can be biased toward the megakaryocyte/platelet lineage, but whether platelet-biased human HSCs exist remains to be determined. Aksöz et al. combined molecular barcoding and single-cell RNA sequencing to track the fate of human HSCs (hHSCs) in vivo.