Target practice: modeling tumors with stem cells.

Liu, Kai; Ding, Sheng · Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A variant neoplastic line of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) displays unique tumorigenic properties, including enhanced self-renewal and survival, and aberrant blockade in differentiation. Sachlos et al. adopted a neoplastic hPSC differentiation platform to screen small molecules that selectively induce differentiation of cancer stem cells.