Stem Cells and Brain Tumors

Peter B. Dirks

(Published in the weekly, international, interdisciplinary journal of science, Nature)

Stem cells are increasingly implicated in maintaining certain cancers. Studies of an intractable type of brain tumor provide hints as to why such cells may underlie the tumors' resistance to therapy.

Peter B. Dirks, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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