Bloodlines, Kinship

Bloodlines of haematopoietic stem cell research in Japan.

Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can supply all blood cells throughout the adult life of individuals. Based on this property, HSCs have been used for bone marrow and cord blood transplantation. Among various stem cells, HSCs were recognized earliest and were studied most extensively, providing a model for other stem cells. Knowledge of HSC regulation has rapidly accumulated of late. Contributio...

Bloodlines: the importance of mentoring for the future of hematology.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 402 Dickinson Street, Suite 380, San Diego, CA 92103-8811. Telephone: 619543-6170; email: [email protected]. Dr. Shattil can be contacted at [email protected]. Word count: 1190 Section heading: Perspective Running title: Mentoring in hematology Blood First Edition Paper, prepublish...

Kinship Expressions and Terms

All languages have expressions that can be glossed ‘father,’ ‘wife,’ ‘brother-in-law,’ etc., covering consanguineal, spousal, and affinal categories. However, from the beginning of serious cross-cultural study, it has been apparent that societies differ in the kinship categories used. To facilitate comparison, an ‘etic grid’ is necessary; namely, an open-ended universe of kin-types, such as ‘fa...

Kinship, Class, and Community

This review presents studies in various world regions. Each uses network analysis software designed explicitly for kinship studies with explicit network measures of cohesion. It presents evidence of fundamental differences in the forms of marital cohesion that show profoundly variable effects over a wide range of social phenomena, regional scales, and diverse cultures. Social cohesion is the ba...

What Is Kinship?