Source: European Science Foundation
Posted: April 25, 2006
Scientists are discovering that stopping harmful stem cell growth could be critical, as evidence implicating stem cells in cancer is mounting.
In the human breast, up to 20 per cent of all tumours are now suspected to originate in stem cells.
Scientists believe These stem cells could become targets for cancer treatment, leading to new therapies that wipe out cancer at its source. The hope is that they might also become useful tools to test new drugs.
Commentary: Hopefully this new discovery will provide scientists and researchers with new strategies to treat and possibly prevent cancers, and is further evidence that stem cell research is overturning conventional scientific dogmas held for many years about Cell Theory.
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