Radiation generates cancer stem cells from less aggressive breast cancer cells
Researchers at the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center report for the first time that radiation treatment, despite killing half of all tumor cells...
View ArticleCancer stem cell vaccine shows anti-tumor effect
Scientists have discovered a new technique that could help in the advancement of cancer vaccines. For the study, a research team extracted stem cells from two mouse models and used them to prepare a...
View ArticleHow arsenic turns stem cells into cancer cells and spurs tumor growth
Researchers have discovered how arsenic exposure can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Michael Waalkes and his team at the National Institute of Environmental Health...
View ArticleNanotechnology sheds light on cancer stem cell therapy
A new nanotechnology breakthrough is helping scientists and oncologists evaluate why a certain subset of early-stage cancer cells, called cancer stem cells (CSC), are resistant to many front-line...
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