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Nat Med
October 2005
Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada.
Methods Mol Med
October 2012
The Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The functional cells of the blood are short-lived; they are replaced continuously by proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic precursors. Since cell division is required, exposure to agents that destroy proliferative potential is followed by loss or reduction in blood-cell production, and often death. Ionizing radiation and certain chemotherapeutic drugs are examples of agents that are toxic to stem-cell proliferation.
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