Thursday, March 09, 2006

Find weeds out cancerous stem cells

Source: The Australian
Dan Box
February 27, 2006
AUSTRALIAN scientists have overcome a hurdle in the evolution of embryonic stem cell technology by devising a means of weeding out cells that are potentially cancerous. The research, published in the March edition of Nature magazine, represents a breakthrough for the technology. The discovery would allow scientists to identify which stem cells were beginning to develop the abnormalities that preceded the cell becoming cancerous.

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