Source: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Date: December 15, 2006
Summary:
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have discovered genes and mechanisms that make cancer stem cells highly resistant to chemotherapy and other treatments. Even if a tumor is almost completely obliterated, it will regenerate from the surviving cancer stem cells and be even more resistant to treatment than before. They also allude to ongoing research aimed at developing methods for readily distinguishing cancer stem cells from normal neural stem cells, which could lead to therapies targeting the cancer-causing cells without damaging healthy ones.
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