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Stem cells as cancer therapy

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It is widely hoped that neural stem cells will eventually be useful for replacing nerves damaged by degenerative diseases like Alzheimer disease and multiple sclerosis. But there may also be another use for such stem cells–delivering anti-cancer drugs to cancer cells. A Perspective article in PLoS Medicine, by Professor Riccardo Fodder, discusses a new study in [...]