Mechanism In Cells That Generate Malignant Brain Tumors May Offer Target For Gene Therapy
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 15:16
in Biology & Nature
The researchers who first isolated cancer stem cells in adult brain tumors in 2004 have now identified a molecular mechanism that is involved in the development of these cells from which malignant brain tumors may originate. This could offer a target for scientists seeking treatments that would kill malignant brain tumors at their source and prevent them from recurring.