World Daily Press: Cancer Stem Cells May Not Be the Supervillains We Thought

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Digg Cancer Stem Cells May Not Be the Supervillains We Thought ( December 3rd 2008 )

The controversial idea that all tumors are created by cancer stem cells received a setback Wednesday. The theory holds that a tiny percentage of cancer cells ? perhaps one in a million or one in 10,000 ? are responsible for creating tumors. Like evil relatives of standard organ-forming stem cells, cancer stem cells build tumors. It's an appealing i





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