Word: stemness
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Melanoma, a lethal human skin cancer, can be suppressed in mice by targeting cancer stem cells, according to a report from several Harvard authors in the Jan. 17 issue of Nature magazine...
This finding lends support to the controversial belief that therapy should focus on rooting out these cancer stem cells—single cells that can give rise to a tumor and cause remission following treatment...
David T. Scadden, a co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute who was not involved in the study, said that the results are an important step forward in cancer therapy...
...newest change by the College administration is the latest in a slew of alcohol-related policy changes that are designed to more strictly regulate alcohol use, and may reflect a shift away in the balance between encouraging responsible drinking habits while avoiding the legal woes that stem from underage alcohol consumption...
...governor sounds like a traditional Southern conservative. He has a track record of supporting permanent military presence in Iraq, legislating against a woman’s right to an abortion, allowing government surveillance without a warrant, upholding tough immigration enforcement, shooting down gun control laws, and prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research. Indeed, the main reason Bobby Jindal—the state’s first minority governor since Reconstruction—catapulted to victory was that he was so utterly indistinguishable from the mostly white voting base...