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Cancer
Research conducted by D.C. Harmes and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about cancer
May 14th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Cellular quiescence is a state of reversible cell cycle arrest and has more recently been shown to be a blockade to differentiation and to correlate with resistance to cancer chemotherapeutics and other xenobiotics; features that are common to adult stem cells and possibly tumor stem cells. The biphasic kinetics of mammary regeneration, coupled to its cyclic endocrine control suggest that mammary stem cells most likely divide during a narrow window of the regenerative cycle and return to a state of quiescence." "This would enable them to retain their proliferative capacity, resist differentiation signals and preserve...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-14)
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