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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Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2005-12-01
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Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
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Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4592 |