Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Team finds way to create cancer stem cells: MIT achievement could aid cancer research

Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: August 14, 2007

Summary:

MIT scientists and colleagues have found a way to create in the lab large amounts of cancer stem cells, or cells that can initiate tumors. The work, reported in the August 13 issue of Cancer Cell, could be a boon to researchers who study these elusive cells. Labs could easily grow them for use in experiments.