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Stem Cells At The Core of Cancer?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heart-of-the-matter dept.

davecb writes "The Globe and Mail reports that cancers have at their core a small number of stem cells, without which they cannot spread or reoccur. From the article: 'A spate of new discoveries about the basic biology of cancer is pushing researchers toward an astonishing conclusion: For decades, efforts to cure the disease may have targeted the wrong cells.' If true, the discoveries of Canadian and Italian research groups may give us a new path to selectively attack cancer."

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  1. Not just cancer stem cells, wxcancerstemcells by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: -1, Troll

    So they are portable across platforms.

    hehe. I crack me up.

    Anyway, it's a little early to pull out our feeding tubes just yet. The cure for cancer may lie in this research, but it will take applied research more time to come up with a useful therapy.

    Until then, I for one welcome our aborted baby stem cell overlords.

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