Stem Cells Can Be Cancer Cell Lookalikes
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FRIDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered that bone marrow stem cells attracted to an area of cancer growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the cancer cells around them.
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A small population of stem cells drives tumor growth in colon cancer, researchers said on Monday in a discovery that could lead to a new approach to tackle the deadly disease.
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British researchers have identified the  cancer stem cells that spawn tumors in the most common form of  childhood leukemia, and said on Thursday it provided a "bull's  eye" target for new drugs.
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Researchers discover stem cells that initiate and maintain the growth of brain cancer tumors. The study could lead to new treatments for many types of cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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RESEARCHERS here have pieced together several new clues in the cancer puzzle, uncovering the roles of key genes - an important step towards treating it.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 18 : A new study conducted at The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) and the University of Toronto has confirmed that cancer stem cells are the real culprits behind childhood and adult brain tumours as they fuel and
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British researchers have identified the cancer stem cells that spawn tumors in the most common form of childhood leukemia, and said on Thursday it provided a "bull's eye" target for new drugs.
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A man's testicles might be a source of stem cells to help him fight serious diseases, US scientists have shown.
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A fundamental mechanism has been discovered that allows embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely while avoiding the duplication of genetically damaged cells that can lead to cancer.
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A team of Korean scientists have found a way to solve the cancer paradox of why aging cells with reduced ability to proliferate are susceptible to cancer, characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
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A new discovery about a cellular control mechanism could lead to drugs for both stem cell-driven tissue regeneration and cancer. American researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina
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Stomach cancer may originate from bone marrow cells rather than stomach cells, as was previously believed. A new study in mice found that stomach cancer
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Those annoying gray hairs that increasingly leer back from the bathroom mirror may have some value after all. Cancer researchers have developed a
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Possible stem cells identified in the mouse pancreas could hold the key to new treatments for type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada believe that the cells
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Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases.
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A few bad stem cells may be responsible for most cancers, Canadian scientists looking into the root causes of colon cancer said Monday, indicating hope for better cancer treatments in the next decade.