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Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.
“There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only activate after severe injury,” said Barry [...]

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Engineered virus targets and kills apparent cancer stem cells in neuroblastoma

Posted on 21. Jan, 2009 by admin.

Treatment blocked deadly nerve cancer in study led by Cincinnati Children’s
After identifying an apparent population of cancer stem cells for neuroblastoma, researchers successfully used a reprogrammed herpes virus to block tumor formation in mice by targeting and killing the cells.

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Researchers detail how aging undermines bone healing

Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by admin.

Goal: Make the old heal like the young
Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also successfully conducted preclinical tests on a potential new class of treatments designed [...]

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