Stanford discovery pinpoints new connection between cancer cells, stem cells

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 19:42 in Biology & Nature

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. The unexpected finding may lead to new anticancer therapies and a greater understanding of how adult and embryonic stem cells divide and specialise...

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