| Stem cells track
down brain cancer
Immature nerve
cells called neural stem cells can home in on brain-tumor cells.
References:
Aboody, K.S.
1999. A novel platform for gene therapy against brain tumors: Foreign
gene. Expressing neural stem cells (NSCs) display tropism for
intracranial gliomas. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
October. Miami Beach, Fla.
Sources:
Karen S. Aboody
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Enders 323
Boston, MA 02115
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 20, November 13, 1999, p. 319. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |