Sunday, 5 October 2008

The new direction of cancer: removal of the tumor stem cells disappear

Historically, many dealing with human diseases come from turning point in understanding the changes. For example, Pasteur proved that bacterial infection and the relationship between, which led to the invention of antibiotics. For the treatment of cancer is such a great moment has come possible. Many believe that the pathologist, almost all have cancer and stem cell-related. This view has become re-cancer awareness and to deal with the new basis: If the stem cells were removed, the tumor is gone.
Of course, this is only a recognition, no to the development of clinical treatment, but it points out the direction of the new therapy. For example, cancer stem cells than the average of radiation on cancer cells more resistance because they have a better DNA repair mechanisms. As a result, people will be able to radiation during treatment, adding DNA repaired prohibited drug. And this has been a lot of drugs, doctors can be selectively used.

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