A virtual map of haematopoiesis using cellular barcoding

我们有不同类型的对抗感染的白细胞——免疫系统的战士。它们都可以像种子长成树一样从单个干细胞生长出来。因此，通过了解这个复杂的过程，癌症、器官移植和传染病的新的更好的治疗方法不断出现。我的目标是使用一种叫做“细胞条形码”的尖端技术来回答一些关于干细胞如何长成白细胞的古老问题。

We have different types of infection-fighting white blood - the soliders of the immune system. They can all grow from a single stem cell like a seed grows into a tree. So, by understanding this complex process, new and better therapies for cancer, organ transplantation and infectious disease are constantly emerging. I aim to use a cutting-edge technology called ‘cellular barcoding’ to answer some of the age-old questions about how stem cells grow into white blood cells.