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Targeting cancer stem cell

July 14, 2006
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes

Sean Morrison

Cancer has rejuvenating stem cells, just like organs do. Sean Morrison’s group has found a way to selectively identify and kill just the cancerous stem cells in mice with leukemia, leaving healthy blood-forming stem cells alone.

http://www.umich.edu/news/podcast/science/MorrisonESC.mp3
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