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Article: A new look into cancer's roots: Scientists revive study of stem cells' link to disease.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- March 19, 2007
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Byline: Chris Emery
Mar. 19--Scientists hope that someday stem cells will cure diseases.
Pamela Joseph fears that cancer stem cells will kill her first.
As her doctors explain it, stem cells are the source of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer the 56-year-old Clarksville woman has been fighting since 2005. Stem cells might also be the reason that the cancer -- which has killed one member of Joseph's family -- is incurable.
The notion of stem cells as potential villains is counterintuitive, given their highly publicized promise for repairing damaged tissues and organs. But some experts say that certain stem cells may be just as good ...