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New stem cell breakthrough brings prostate cancer cure closer to reality – Zee News

Zee NewsWashington: Researchers have found that prostate cancer can develop in one type of stem cell, and then evolve to be maintained by a stem cell that looks very different, making prostate cancer stem cells a “moving target” for treatments. The …Colon cancer researchers target stem cells, discover viable new therapeutic pathScience Daily (press release)Toronto … Continue reading

2013-12-02 NEWS

Scientists transform human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells – News-Medical.net

Scientists transform human stem cells into functional lung and airway cellsNews-Medical.netFor the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, has significant potential for modeling lung disease, … …read more   &nbs… Continue reading

2013-12-02 NEWS

New stem cell breakthrough brings prostate cancer cure closer to reality – Deccan Chronicle

Deccan ChronicleResearchers have found that prostate cancer can develop in one type of stem cell, then evolve to be maintained by a stem cell that looks very different, making prostate cancer stem cells a “moving target” for treatments. The breakthrough discovery, by Drs.Toronto researchers ‘disable’ gene that controls colon cancer stem cellsCTV NewsColon cancer researchers … Continue reading

2013-12-02 NEWS

Human Stem Cells Converted into Functional Lung and Airway Cells – Science World Report

Science World ReportHuman skin cells can now be reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells, which are similar to human embryonic stem cells, and then into functional lung and airway cells. Such cells have potential for use in disease modeling, drug screening, the …Human stem cells converted to functional lung cellsScience CodexFirst human lung cells developed … Continue reading

2013-12-01 NEWS

New Approach in Treating Colorectal Cancer through Stem Cell Biology (Video) – Science World Report

Science World ReportResearchers from the Princess Margaret Cancer Center have uncovered a new approach to treating colorectal cancer. Through the disarmament of a gene that drives self-renewal in stem cells, which also causes the root of the disease, they may be able to … 樂威壯 com/news/more?ncl=d1_TMIMoHnxdORM&ned=us”> …read more   &nbs… Continue reading

2013-12-01 NEWS