Source: BBC News
Posted: 3 October 2007, 17:27 GMT 18:27 UK
Summary:
BBC News reports scientist have found that cancer cells can spread more easily if combined with bone marrow stem cells:
"Dangerous changes in cancer cells which allow them to spread around the body could be triggered by the body's own stem cells, say US scientists. A Whitehead Institute team found human breast cancers in mice are more likely to spread if mixed with stem cells from the bone marrow. They believe these changes could be blocked or reversed - making the cancer less deadly."
