image: Basal cells can generate benign glands (left). In response to oncogenic stimuli, basal cells can initiate a disease comprised of malignant luminal cells (right). This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 30, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. A.S. Goldstein of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, Calif., and colleagues is titled, "Identification of a Cell of Origin for Human Prostate Cancer." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of the Lab of Owen Witte