Prostate CSCs sensitive to gamma-tocotrienol?
Gamma-Tocotrienol Kills Prostate Cancer Stem Cells, PRNewswire, July 25, 2010. Excerpt: The scientists found that low doses of gamma-tocotrienol cause apoptosis in the prostate cancer stem cells and...
View ArticleResearchers Study CSCs as Therapeutic Targets for Mesothelioma
Researchers Study Cancer Stem Cells as Therapeutic Targets for Mesothelioma, Asbestos.com, July 26, 2010. Excerpt: In a study published in the International Journal of Oncology, Cortes-Dericks and...
View ArticleDisagreement about melanoma CSCs
The Evolving Science of Cancer Stem Cells by Carmen Phillips, NCI Cancer Bulletin 2010(Jul 27); 7(15). Excerpt: Researchers from Stanford University earlier this month reported in Nature that they had...
View ArticleCell of origin for human prostate cancer
Scientists at UCLA find cell of origin for human prostate cancer by Kim Irwin, UCLA Newsroom, July 29, 2010. Excerpts: "Certainly, the dominant thought is that human prostate cancer arose from the...
View ArticleOxygen, hypoxia and the stem cell niche
Oxygen in Stem Cell Biology: A Critical Component of the Stem Cell Niche by Ahmed Mohyeldin, Tomás Garzón-Muvdi and Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Cell Stem Cell 2010(Aug 6); 7(2): 150-61. Review. [PubMed...
View ArticlePartnership Pays Off
Northern Exposure by Emmet Pierce, San Diego Business Journal, August 16, 2010. Excerpt: An example of San Diegans collaborating with Canadians is the work that has taken place at the UC San Diego...
View ArticlePutative tumor-initiating progenitor cells predict poor lung cancer prognosis
Adult lung stem cells, vital to injury repair, associated with poor cancer prognosis, News release, UCLA Newsroom, August 17, 2010. Excerpts: Adult stem cells that are vital for airway repair in the...
View ArticleTherapeutic implications of colon CSCs
Therapeutic implications of colon cancer stem cells by Eros Fabrizi and 3 co-authors, including Lucia Ricci-Vitiani, World J Gastroenterol 2010(Aug 21); 16(31): 3871-7. OA review. [FriendFeed...
View ArticleSelective targeting of neuroblastoma tumour-initiating cells
Selective targeting of neuroblastoma tumour-initiating cells by compounds identified in stem cell-based small molecule screens by Kristen M Smith and 16 co-authors, including David R Kaplan, EMBO Mol...
View ArticleTwo Open Access reviews
1) Cancer Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer by Qi Bao and 6 co-authors, including Karl-Walter Jauch and Christiane J Bruns, Cancers 2010(Aug 19); 2(3): 1629-41. [Full text PDF][Scribd entry][Part of the...
View ArticleIsolation and killing of candidate CML stem cells by antibody targeting
Isolation and killing of candidate chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells by antibody targeting of IL-1 receptor accessory protein by Marcus Järås and 10 co-authors, including Thoas Fioretos, Proc Natl...
View ArticleSome breast cancer tumors may not originate from stem cells?
Surprise breast cancer source by Jennifer Welsh,TheScientist.com, September 2, 2010. First paragraph: Some breast cancer tumors may not originate from stem cells as previously believed, according to a...
View ArticleOn the low frequency of tumor-initiating cells
Tumor-Initiating Cells Are Rare in Many Human Tumors by Kota Ishizawa and 16 co-authors, including Benjamin G Neel and William Matsui, Cell Stem Cell 2010(Sep 3); 7(3): 279-282. [FriendFeed...
View ArticleMust the last CML cell be killed?
Do we have to kill the last CML cell? DM Ross, TP Hughes and JV Melo, Leukemia 2010(Sep 16) [Epub ahead of print][FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation][Full text]. The abstract of this OA review:Previous...
View ArticleCritical molecular pathways in CSCs of CML
Critical molecular pathways in cancer stem cells of chronic myeloid leukemia by Y Chen, C Peng, C Sullivan, D Li and S Li, Leukemia 2010(Sep); 24(9): 1545-54. Epub 2010 Jun 24. [Connotea...
View ArticleInsights into the stem cells of CML
Insights into the stem cells of chronic myeloid leukemia by I Sloma, X Jiang, A C Eaves and C J Eaves, Leukemia 2010(Sep 23). [Epub ahead of print][PubMed citation]. Abstract: Chronic myeloid leukemia...
View ArticleOA Video Protocol from Matsui Lab
Isolation of Stem Cells from Human Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts by Zeshaan Rasheed, Qiuju Wang, William Matsui, J Vis Exp 2010(Sep 26);(43). pii: 2169. OA Video Protocol.
View ArticleTrials to target CSCs
U-M stem cell trial shows promise against breast cancer by Kim Kozlowski, The Detroit News, September 30, 2010. Excerpt: The research will be highlighted next week in Detroit during the World Stem Cell...
View ArticleFrom the Editor
I'll be taking some time away from blogging for the remainder of 2010. My tentative plan is to return with a different approach. For example, it may rely much less on blog posts, and more on short news...
View ArticleTwo new initiatives from the CSCC
The Cancer Stem Cell Consortium (CSCC) has announced the launch of two new initiatives for 2011-2012. Information about these initiatives is available via the websites of the CSCC and Genome Canada.The...
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