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Blood stem cells are capable of generating both: new blood stem cells and all other blood cell types. This potential of life-long self-renewal and differentiation is not only required for a healthy blood system but is also the basis for the success of the clinical bone marrow transplantation therapy. In their recent Nature publication, scientists from the group of Timm Schroeder now prove that asymmetric cell division regulates blood stem cell fates.