Cancer
Mesenchymal stem cells have been shown to contribute to cancer progression in a number of different cancers, particularly the Hematological malignancies because they contact the transformed blood cells in the bone marrow.
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Famous quotes containing the word cancer:
“The same people who tell us that smoking doesnt cause cancer are now telling us that advertising cigarettes doesnt cause smoking.”
—Ellen Goodman (b. 1941)
“Ever since I was a kid my folks fed me bigotry for breakfast and ignorance for supper. Never, not once did they ever make me feel proud of where I was born. Thats it. That was a cancer they put in me. No knowledge of my country. No pride. Just a hymn of hate.”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)
“Madness is locked beneath. It goes into tissues, is swallowed by the cells. The cells go mad. Cancer is their flag. Cancer is the growth of madness denied.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)