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Article: Molecular Marker Identifies Normal Stem Cells as Intestinal Tumor Source
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- December 17, 2008
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St. Jude scientists show for the first time that normal stem
cells can act as the source of tumors in mature solid tissues
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Scientists at
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have answered a central
question in cancer biology: whether normal stem cells can give rise
to tumors. Stem cells are immature cells that can renew themselves
and give rise to mature differentiated cells that compose the range