Stem cells: The real culprits in cancer?

被引：29

作者：

Clarke, MF ^{[1
]}

Becker, MW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Clarkes Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2006年 / 295卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1038/scientificamerican0706-52

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A dark side of stem cells-their potential to turn malignant-is at the root of a handful of cancers and may be the cause of many more. Eliminating the disease could depend on tracking down and destroying these elusive killer cells.

引用

页码：52 / 59

页数：8

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