29 JUN 2012 CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have for the first time traced the actions of a known carcinogen in cooked meat to its complex biological effects on microRNA and cancer stem cells. The findings are… Read More ›
Cancer stem cell
Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous, spurring tumor growth
07Apr 2012 Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people worldwide,… Read More ›
Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, U-M study shows
Finding could explain limited success of anti-angiogenesis treatments in breast cancer -added 01/25/2012 Ann Arbor – Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in… Read More ›
Milk thistle extract silibinin reduces self-renewal of colorectal cancer stem cells
April 7, 2014 – 8:30pm At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study showed that the chemical silibinin, purified from milk thistle extract, affects cell signaling associated with inflammation and thus… Read More ›
Broccoli component limits breast cancer stem cells, U-M study finds
Public release date: 3-May-2010 – Current chemotherapies do not work against cancer stem cells, which is why cancer recurs and spreads – Researchers found sulforaphane targeted and killed the cancer stem cells and prevented new tumors from growing.
Common cancer treatments may create dangerous cancer stem cells
By Charles Q. Choi Published September 27, 2012| MyHealthNewsDaily Radiation therapy and chemotherapy aimed at killing cancer cells may have the undesirable effect of helping to create cancer stem cells, which are thought to be particularly adept at generating… Read More ›
Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead… Read More ›
Daisies lead scientists down path to new leukemia drug
Public release date: 2-Oct-2007 A new, easily ingested form of a compound that has already shown it can attack the roots of leukemia in laboratory studies is moving into human clinical trials, according to a new article by… Read More ›
Experimental anti-cancer drug made from corn lillies kills brain tumor stem cells
Public release date: 30-Aug-2007 A drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells thought to fuel tumor growth and help cancers evade drug and… Read More ›