Cancer Stem Cells Generated by Cancer Outgrowth

Mouse Fibroblasts Lacking RB1 Function Form Spheres and Undergo Reprogramming to a Cancer Stem Cell Phenotype, by Yongqing Liu and 10 co-authors, including Douglas C Dean, Cell Stem Cell 2009(Apr 3); 4(4), 336-47. [Summary][Publicly accessible full text].

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