Malignant Tumor Cells Controlled By Protein In Embryonic Stem Cells

A protein that governs development of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) also inhibits the growth and spread of malignant melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, Northwestern University researchers have discovered. Metastatic melanoma, which develops from the transformation of skin pigment cells or melanocytes, has a death rate of more than 80 percent and a median survival of less than 7.5 months.The Northwestern scientists, led by researcher Mary J. C. Hendrix, M.D.

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on March 14th, 2008