U-M researchers link pathway to breast cancer stem cells
Monday, June 1, 2009 - 19:35
in Health & Medicine
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A gene well known to stop or suppress cancer plays a role in cancer stem cells, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The researchers found that several pathways linked to the gene, called PTEN, also affected the growth of breast cancer stem cells.
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