Tuesday 12 August 2014

Breast Cancer Usurps Powers of Mammary Stem Cells

Certain hormones trigger specialized mammary stem cells during pregnancy, to create milk-producing cells essential for lactation. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have found that mammary stem cells associated with the pregnant mammary gland are related to stem cells found in breast cancer. Writing in the August 11, 2014 issue of emDevelopmental Cell/em, David A. Cheresh, PhD, Distinguished Professor ...

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