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New study supports a stem cell origin of cancer

New study supports a stem cell origin of cancer

Physorg.com Jan. 9, 2007

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University of Southern California
researchers have found that cancer
is rooted in stem cells. They found
that cancer arises in cells that
have already undergone epigenetic
(heritable factors not associated
with DNA) alterations, which points
to epigenetic events preceding
genetic events in cancer
development. This implies it would
be very...

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