Cells That Initiate A Common Infant Tumor Identified
Monday, June 9, 2008 - 22:35
in Health & Medicine
Infantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like patches that appear on the skin of infants soon after birth, are benign tumors that develop in 5 percent of Caucasian infants, and usually disappear by the age of 9 without treatment. Researchers have now identified the cells that give rise to these tumors and used them to develop a new mouse model of this disease, which they hope to use to identify new therapeutic targets.