Cancer stem cells and “stemness” genes in neuro-oncology
The main properties of stem cells include long-term self-renewal and the capacity to give rise to one or more types of differentiated progeny. Recently, much evidence was provided that leukemia and tumor maintenance and growth are sustained by a small proportion of cells exhibiting stem cell propert...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-02-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996106002154 |