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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(6):414-416; doi:10.1093/jnci/97.6.414
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

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Search and Destroy: Recent Research Exploits Adult Stem Cells' Attraction to Cancer

Vicki Brower

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The controversy surrounding human embryonic stem cells has captured headlines in the mainstream media in the last few years; meanwhile, the pages of the scientific literature have recently revealed some groundbreaking findings with adult stem cells. Scientists have shown that certain adult stem cells— neural, mesenchymal, and endothelial stem cells—have an uncanny ability to home to cancer cells and tumors, even moving through large areas of the body. Researchers hope to exploit this "attraction" to kill cancer by using the cells as Trojan horses to attach and deliver deadly payloads to cancer cells as an adjunct to other treatments.

Stem cells play a key role in development and repair, and like cancer cells, they are self-renewing. "That stem cells and brain tumor cells behave very, very similarly gave rise to two areas of investigation," said Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., director of stem cell research at the Burnham Institute in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Stem Cells in Brain Cancer

Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Endothelial Progenitor Cells


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