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Methods for cancer stem cell detection and isolation.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2012
Tirino Virginia, Desiderio Vincenzo, Paino Francesca, Papaccio Gianpaolo, De Rosa Mario
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The study and investigation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) or tumour initiating cells (TICs) have received enormous attention over the 10 years. CSCs are rare, quiescent and capable of self-renewing and maintaining tumour growth and heterogeneity. Better understanding of CSCs will no doubt lead to a new era of both basic and clinical cancer research, reclassification of human tumours and development of novel...
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