Researchers Find Stem-cell Therapy Effective In Targeting Metastatic Cancer

Source: Public Library of Science
Date: December 24, 2006

Summary:

Researchers at City of Hope and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital may have found a way to treat cancers that have spread throughout the body more effectively. They used modified neural stem cells to activate and concentrate chemotherapeutic drugs predominately at tumor sites, so that normal tissue surrounding the tumor and throughout the body remain relatively unharmed.