Cancer stem cells are thought to share many characteristics with their normal stem cell counterparts, raising concerns about the ability to selectively target them. A new study shows that Dclk1 marks cancer, but not normal, stem cells in the intestine and that targeting this population results in adenoma collapse without affecting normal tissue.
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UNIV S FLORIDA,ST JOSEPHS HOSP,INST CANC,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,TAMPA,FL 33607UNIV S FLORIDA,ST JOSEPHS HOSP,INST CANC,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,TAMPA,FL 33607