Adult stem cells found to suppress cancer while dormant

Saturday, December 21, 2013 - 12:50 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered a mechanism by which certain adult stem cells suppress their ability to initiate skin cancer during their dormant phase — an understanding that could be exploited for better cancer-prevention strategies.

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