Fred Hutch News ServiceGood News at Fred HutchFred Hutch News ServiceThe regimen used in the Hutch study had been adapted to blood stem cell transplantation from a regimen that had been introduced by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and had been… Continue reading
Science Magazine |
One reason your hair is thinning? Some of it turns into skin
Science Magazine Aging isn’t kind to our bodies—or our hair. As we get older, the cellular machinery that regenerates our crowning glory slows, causing it to thin and disappear. Now, scientists have uncovered a new mechanism behind hair loss: When stem cells in hair … |
Crain’s Detroit Business |
UM researcher Max Wicha gets $6.5 million grant for cancer stem cell research
Crain’s Detroit Business Max Wicha, M.D, the founder and director emeritus of the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a grant of $6.5 million from the National Cancer Institute to continue his research into cancer stem cells, the cells in a tumor … |
PR Newswire (press release) |
Propanc Discovers PRP Dramatically Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells
PR Newswire (press release) Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are immortal, tumor-initiating cells that have the capacity to self-renew and differentiate into other cell types. They are found in many solid tumors and, given their stem–cell like properties, are thought to be the basis for … Propanc Health product can suppress cancer cell developmentProactive Investors USA & Canada |
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Researchers Find Way to Disrupt Cancer Stem Cell Growth That May Limit Mesothelioma Metastasis
MesotheliomaHelp.org (blog) A team of researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, led by Liang Fang, report they have found a molecule that interrupts the stem cell survival mechanism, effectively killing off the cancer. The researchers report … |