幹細胞脳のガンを追尾

Stem cells home in on brain cancer

　Arming embryonic stem cells with anti-cancer agent could help create new therapies.
　Human embryonic stem cells could be used to seek out and destroy a fatal form of brain cancer, according to US researchers.

　抗ガン剤で胚幹細胞を武装することで、新たな治療法を生み出せるかも知れない。
　アメリカの研究者によれば、人間の胚幹細胞は、致命的な型の脳のガンを探し出し破壊するのに使えるかも知れないという。

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from news@nature.com