Cancer stem cells - normal stem cells "Jedi" that went over to the "dark side"

Evidence has accumulated that cancer develops from a population of quiescent tissue committed/pluripotent stem cells (TCSC/PSC) or cells developmentally closely related to them that are distributed in various organs. To support this notion, stem cells (SC) are long lived cells and thus may become th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mariusz Z. Ratajczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2005-12-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Subjects:
LIF
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4592