Stem Cells (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Stem Cells

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LEFT: Neural stem cells transformed with cancer-causing genes found in high-risk medulloblastoma grow as translucent spheres in cell culture (magnification = 200X). RIGHT: Low magnification view of transformed neural stem cells (blue) invading and destroying normal brain tissue (pink) in mice.

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Allison Hanaford and Eric Raabe

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