Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Cancer cell line behaves as stem cells

Source: United Press International
Posted: June 12, 2007 1:42 PM EDT

Summary:

An international team of U.S.-led scientists has determined a breast cancer cell line established a long time ago behaves much as do cancer stem cells. The finding supports the observation that although cancer stem cells are rare, a single cancer stem cell is sufficient to initiate and maintain a malignant tumor.