Brain Tumor Stem Cells (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Brain Tumor Stem Cells

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Brain tumor stem cells (orange) in mice express a stem cell marker (green). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are studying how cancer stem cells make tumors harder to kill and are looking for ways to eradicate these treatment-resistant cells.

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Yi-Hsien Chen

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