There are many more cell types than you might think. In your liver, for example, the cells in one section may be different than those in another. But researchers have only a general idea of how stem cells differentiate into broad categories (like “liver”) and divide to make new cells.
Understanding each different cell type – and how it interacts with its neighbors over time – is one of the greatest challenges in biomedical research.
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HSCI codirector David Scadden has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 
