Metabolic state of brain cancer stem cells significantly different than the cancer cells they create

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

The metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which give rise to deadly glioblastomas, is significantly different from that of the brain cancer cells to which they give birth, a factor which helps those stem cells avoid treatment and cause recurrence later.

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