Developing Cancer Treatments Directed At Critical Developmental ...

Courtesy ScienceDaily Mon, 04/14/2008 - 04:00

Researchers discovered that the Notch signaling pathway, which determines the development of many cell types, and is also implicated in some cancers, is not universally essential for the maintenance of stem cells.

This indicates that inhibitors of Notch may not affect bone marrow stem cells.

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