First compound that specifically kills cancer stem cells found
Thursday, August 13, 2009 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
The cancer stem cells that drive tumor growth and resist chemotherapies and radiation treatments that kill other cancer cells aren't invincible after all. Researchers reporting online on August 13th in the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, have discovered the first compound that targets those cancer stem cells directly.
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