Stanford discovery pinpoints new connection between cancer cells, stem cells
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
STANFORD, Calif. -- A molecule called telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
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