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MIT Team Creates Cancer Stem Cells

Posted by kdawson on from the keep-those-babies-under-glass-please dept.

MIT scientists and colleagues have found a way in the lab to create large amounts of cancer stem cells, the 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.

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  1. Re:Tag: Bioweapon? by Otter · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are already plenty of very effective ways to cause cancer that are a lot easier, cheaper and more easily deliverable.

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