CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF TRANSFORMATIVE STEM CELL RESEARCH
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headshot collage of scientist kathrin plath wearing a blue lab coat on left and scientist hanna mikkola wearing a brown shirt on right both in a lab setting
Hanna Mikkola in a brown patterned coat stands with crossed arms, smiling in a laboratory filled with scientific equipment and supplies.
Hanna Mikkola and Julia Aguade Gorgorio smile in a UCLA lab
Human blood stem cells emerging from specialized endothelial cells in the wall of an embryonic aorta. UCLA scientists’ confirmation of this process clarifies a longstanding controversy about the stem cells’ cellular origin.
Microscope image of blood stem cells
Photograph of Dr. Hanna Mikkola