Neural stem cells attack glioblastoma cells

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 10:21 in Biology & Nature

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated how the brain's own stem cells and precursor cells control the growth of glioblastomas. Of all brain tumors, glioblastomas are among the most common and most aggressive. They have now shown in cell culture and mouse model experiments just how the body's own protective mechanism they identified in an earlier study, actually works.

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