Tag Archives: Cancer cells
How Does Radiation Therapy Work?
Radiation therapy is a treatment method chosen for some cancer patients to help damage or kill cancer cells so that they are no longer able to spread in the body. Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, uses the same type of radiation used in X-rays but in much larger amounts. Not only can radiation therapy be used [...]
The characteristics of stem cells to tumor cells
ZEB1 protein, known to promote invasiveness of epithelial tumors, also influences the ability of tumor initiation of pancreatic and colorectal cells and could lead to the proliferation of cancer cells once they have reached a new body
A protein promotes metastasis by providing characteristics of stem cells to cancer cells, according to a study by the [...]
Different way to eliminate leukemia stem cells
A new molecular tool could become a therapeutic option for acute myeloid leukemia.
According to a study published in the latest issue of Cell Stem Cell, preclinical studies conducted by a team from Children Cancer Institute Australia have demonstrated that CD123 molecule is over expressed in leukemia stem cells, whereas its expression in healthy cells is [...]