For the first time, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have isolated and characterized the progenitor cells that eventually give rise to malignant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumors – the most common form of liver cancer. The researchers found ways to identify and isolate the HCC progenitor cells (HcPC) long before actual tumors were apparent. … Read the full story from the UC San Diego News Center
Researchers Identify Liver Cancer Progenitor Cells Before Tumors Become Visible
by Joshua Miller | Oct 10, 2013 | Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Hematology-Oncology, Research