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Science 28 September 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5539, p. 2365
DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5539.2365a
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Organs Await Blood Vessels' Go Signal

Caroline Seydel

Blood vessels are the body's plumbing, supplying food and oxygen and removing waste. Now two papers published online this week by Science (www.sciencexpress.org) show that blood vessels play a more active role than previously believed: They help direct the construction of the body they serve. The teams report that blood vessels induce development of the pancreas and liver--even before the blood vessels are functioning.

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