Cancer Stem Cells: Innovative Approach for Testable Alternatives against Therapy Resistant Cancer
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Chemo-resistant cancer stem cells represent a sub-population of cancer initiating phenotype in primary cancer. These cells evolve in to a metastatic phenotype via activation of multiple cell signaling pathways for cancer cell survival and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Reliable cancer stem cell models represent a valuable experimental approach for drug discovery platform to identify efficacious testable alternatives against therapy-resistant cancer. Present commentary provides a systematic discussion of relevant conceptual and technical aspects of cancer stem cell biology and its significance for therapeutic alternatives.
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TELANG, Nitin T..
Cancer Stem Cells: Innovative Approach for Testable Alternatives against Therapy Resistant Cancer.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 8, aug. 2022.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2968>. Date accessed: 25 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i8.2968.
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