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Published: April 6, 2014, 1:22 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Alan, and Kathy reveal how a retrovirus in the human genome keeps embryonic stem cells in a pluripotent state, from where they can differentiate into all cells of the body.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• Retrovirus needed for\xa0stem cell identity\xa0(Nat Struc Mol Biol)
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• HERV-H is a\xa0marker for pluripotency\xa0(Retrovirology)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 279
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