Insulin-like signal needed to keep stem cells alive

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Insulin-like signal needed to keep stem cells alive

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Interesting Scorpion. This seems particularly relevant for stem cell treatment of MS. I wonder how quickly they can translate this into something that can help in people, not fruit flies (though I have nothing against fruit flies).
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