Source: University of California - Los Angeles
Date: May 22, 2008
Summary:
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have identified a type of leukemia stem cell and uncovered the molecular and genetic mechanisms that cause normal blood cells to become cancerous. The discovery may lead to the development of new therapies that target these leukemia stem cells, attacking the disease at its very root and killing the early cells that give rise to mature cancer cells. The study appears in the May 22, 2008 issue of the journal Nature.
