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Cancer
Scientists at National Institutes of Health report research in cancer
February 19th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "The cancer stem cell hypothesis posits that tumor growth is driven by a rare subpopulation of cells, designated cancer stem cells (CSC)." "Studies supporting this theory are based in large part on xenotransplantation experiments wherein human cancer cells are grown in immunocom-promised mice and only CSC, often constituting less than 1% of the malignancy, generate tumors. Herein, we show that all colonies derived from randomly chosen single cells in mouse lung and breast cancer cell lines form tumors following allografting histocompatible mice," wrote M.H. Yoo and colleagues, National Institutes of Health. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-19)
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