Source: Canadian Press
Date: April 26, 2007
Summary:
Canadian researchers have converted normal human blood cells into leukemia stem cells, then transplanted them into lab mice and witnessed the disease unfold. The groundbreaking research involved infecting cells from umbilical cord blood with a virus engineered to carry one of the genes known to cause certain types of leukemia. The genetic alteration created primitive leukemia stem cells, which were then injected into specially bred lab mice.
