Standard avidin–biotin complex peroxidase immunohistochemistry staining for mouse CD31 (clone MEC 13.3, BD Biosciences) and mouse CD34 (clone MEC14.7, Immunotools, Friesoythe, Germany) was ...

The use of CD34 antibodies resulted in generally lower amounts of stained cells, which was similar to the immunohistochemistry data.

The key to the new finding is the discovery by the St. Jude team that the antibody currently used to seek out and "capture" CD34+ stem cells from the donated bone marrow actually identifies only a ...