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Lineage tracing from cellular heritage to disease destiny.

Huan Zhu1, Xiuxiu Liu1, Muxue Tang1

  • 1CAS CEMCS-CUHK Joint Laboratory, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Multi-Cell Systems, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

Nature Genetics
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Cell lineage tracing reconstructs cellular ancestry to understand how development impacts cell identity and disease. New tools and multi-omics integration will advance precision medicine by decoding cell history.

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