Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Targeting cancer stem cells in the lab

Source: Oxford University
Date: 26 January 2010

Summary:

Understanding of the particular cancer cells within a tumour that drive its growth could now advance more rapidly, thanks to Oxford University scientists. They show in the journal PNAS how a crucial class of cancer cell, called cancer stem cells, can be investigated in the lab in ways that should greatly speed their study, and allow the development of drugs targeted against them.