Stem cells: The promises and perils of p53.

Krizhanovsky, Valery; Lowe, Scott W · Nature · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Five studies show that disabling p53, an essential tumour-suppressor protein, improves the efficiency of stem-cell production. Are these results a ‘heads up’ that cancer cells and stem cells are disturbingly similar?

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