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Prostate cancer created in lab

February 23, 2010

Scientists have created prostate cancer in the laboratory by genetically altering human stem cells. The ability to produce cancer "from scratch" is expected to boost efforts to find agents that combat the disease, which affects around 35,000 men each year in the UK and causes 10,000 deaths. Scientists believe most cancers are driven by "rogue" stem cells - the immature "mother" cells that develop into different kinds of tissue.

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Posted by David-Alexandre Jost at 7:05 am