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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. New biological weapon? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is it just me, or did MIT just create a new biological weapon? Now, I'm not a medical researcher, but it's my understanding that stem cells are useful in that they can create or recreate any structure in the body. Couldn't this be modified (by terrorists) to inject / infect people with a cancerous stem cell that spreads and infects? Or, is this not scientifically possible?