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Breast Cancer
Reports summarize breast cancer study results from Peking University
October 9th, 2008
According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "The cancer stem cells play a critical role in both initiation and relapse of the cancers as they are resistant to the most of cytotoxic agents and able to proliferate indefinitely. Vinorelbine stealthy liposomes and parthenolide stealthy liposomes were developed for providing beneficial pharmacological properties and to eradicate cancer stem cells and non-stem cancer cells together by a combination therapy." "Cytotoxicity and cancer stem-like cells (side population, SP) identification were performed on human breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231. SP cells were further sorted from MCF-7 cells...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-09)
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