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Breast Cancer
Faults in newly discovered breast stem cells may lead to tumors
January 26th, 2006
Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium scientists from The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Australia, using a mouse model, have discovered the rare stem cell that drives the formation of all breast tissue. This discovery lays an important foundation for understanding how normal breast tissue develops. The identification of the breast stem cell is also likely to provide clues about how breast cancer develops and how rogue cells evade current therapies. The team's work was carried out principally by Mark Shackleton and Francois Vaillant in the laboratory of Jane Visvader and Geoff Lindeman. Their paper was published in the January 5, 2006,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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