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Hacking the programs of cancer stem cells – Medical Xpress

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2016-01-25

Medical Xpress

Hacking the programs of cancer stem cells
Medical Xpress
All of the cells in a tumor are the offspring of a single, aberrant cell, but they are not all alike. Only a few retain the capacity of the original cell to create an entire tumor. Such cancer stem cells can migrate to other tissues and become fatal
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz AssociationEurekAlert (press release)

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2016-01-25

EurekAlert (press release)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
EurekAlert (press release)
Only a few retain the capacity of the original cell to create an entire tumor. Such cancer stem cells can migrate to other tissues and become fatal metastases. To fully cure a patient’s cancer, it is crucial to find and eliminate all of these cells
Hacking the programs of cancer stem cellsMedical Xpress

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2016-01-25

Boston Biomedical’s Investigational Cancer Stem Cell Pathway Inhibitor, Napabucasin (BBI608), Featured at the ASCO
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Biomedical, an industry leader in the development of novel compounds designed to target cancer stem cell (CSC) pathways, announced that three poster presentations were highlighted at the 2016 …

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2016-01-25

Scottish Daily Record

Multiple sclerosis patient who became first Scot to successfully have radical stem cell treatment hailed by medical
Scottish Daily Record
MULTIPLE sclerosis patient Lucy Clarke is the first Scot to successfully have the radical stem cell treatment that’s being hailed as “miraculous” by experts. Medics are now hopeful that it could eradicate the degenerative neurological condition. Lucy

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2016-01-23

Novel Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Uses Chemo And Stem Cell Therapy To Restore Immune System
Medical Daily
The treatment involves the destruction of an MS patient’s immune system, which is then rebuilt with stem cells previously gathered from their blood. About 20 patients have received the treatment, formally known as autologous [hematopoietic] stem cell …