Controlling the production of blood cells.
The development since 1966 of a technology for growing stem cells in vitro has provided new insights into the controls of blood cell production. Hematopoietic hormones have been purified and important cellular interactions in hematopoiesis have been defined.
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic; D002450:Cell Communication; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; D004921:Erythropoietin; D005544:Forecasting; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000502:physiology; D006128:Growth; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; D008954:Models, Biological; D011086:Polycythemia; D011289:Preleukemia; D013577:Syndrome; D013672:Technology
D004921:Erythropoietin