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Researchers discover a stem-cell switch lurking within leuk What is this ?

 
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:04 pm    Post subject: Researchers discover a stem-cell switch lurking within leuk Reply with quote
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered that specific cancer-causing genes associated with leukemias can transform mature white blood cells into leukemic cells that have all the properties of stem cells. The findings are noteworthy because they show that certain leukemia oncogenes can commandeer and switch on genetic programs that govern self-renewal, one of the unique characteristics of stem cells.

[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/hhmi-rda122104.php]Read more...[/url]
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