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Isolation and establishment of human tumor stem cells.
Methods in cell biology - 1 Jan 2008
Roberts Penelope E
Abstract excerpt
Current cancer therapies are based on the ability to inhibit the growth of rapidly dividing cells, the majority of which constitute the tumor. Although for decades, sporadic literature has posited the existence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), only recently has this type of cell been isolated and characterized from solid tumors. Like stem cells from their normal counterpart, CSCs are a rare population that can...
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