Scientists Engineer Blood Stem Cells to Seek out and Attack Melanoma
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 17:31
in Biology & Nature
Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. The researchers believe this approach could be useful in 40 percent of Caucasians with this malignancy.