Vitamin A deficiency is detrimental to blood stem cells

(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Lack of vitamin A in the body has a detrimental effect on the hematopoietic system in the bone marrow. The deficiency causes a loss of important blood stem cells, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute of Stem Cell Research and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) now report in the latest issue of the journal CELL. These findings will open up new prospects in cancer therapy.