Category: Cancer Stem Cells (12)

Mesenchymal stem cells inhibiting cancer

Chengdu, China - The use of mesenchymal stem cells is now a "clinical reality"https://www.stemcellpatents.com/news-show-154, primarily for the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory conditions. This is due to the known ability of mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into various tissues, and also...

CD133 on Lung Cancer Stem Cells

Rome, Italy - The targeting of drugs to tumors has historically been a difficult task for reasons such as poor vasculature and high interstitial pressure. More recent studies have described that not all tumor cells in a tumor mass are the same. Specifically some cells in the tumor mass have very high proliferative and self-renewal potential whereas others do not. These cells, which some...