Sentences with phrase «dividing tumor stem cells»
In fact, it is thought that common chemotherapies, targeting the fast - dividing cells, leave the relatively slow - dividing tumor stem cells unharmed and thus pave the way for an eventual relapse.
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The cancer stem cell model differs from the traditional idea that tumor growth is equal opportunity — that is, any and all cancerous cells can divide and cause the tumor to grow and spread.
In a study of mice, scientists from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA discovered that boosting the animals» cholesterol levels spurred intestinal stem cells to divide more quickly, enabling tumors to form 100 times faster.
Many tumors seem to have stem cells inside them that divide to keep the tumor going.
«Our results are the first to provide insight into ways of targeting multiple brain metastatic deposits with stem - cell - loaded oncolytic viruses that specifically kill dividing tumor cells.»
Studying cells from the stomach and pancreas in humans and mice, as well as mouse kidney and liver cells, and cells from more than 800 tumor and precancerous lesions in people, the researchers found when tissue is injured by infections or trauma, mature cells can revert back to a stem - cell state in which they divide repeatedly.