Source: Vancouver Sun
Date: August 16, 2007
Summary:
The Vancouver Sun reports scientists have discovered subtypes of blood stem cells, potentially enabling tailored leukemia treatments:
"B.C. Cancer Agency scientists have found there are multiple subtypes of blood stem cells, a discovery that could eventually lead to customized bone marrow transplants for leukemia patients. It was previously thought that blood stem cells -- master cells that generate other types of cells that make up blood, such as immune system cells, platelet-producing cells, infection-fighting white cells and red blood cells -- were virtually the same."
