Adult Cells Steal Trick from Cancer to Become Stem Cell-Like [News]

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 15:14 in Biology & Nature

In a boon to cancer treatment and regenerative medicine, scientists have discovered that a trick used by tumor cells that allows them to migrate around the body can cause normal, adult cells to revert into stem cell–like cells. [More]

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