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MicroRNA regulates cancer stem cells

Researchers have discovered a key molecular switch that regulates cancer stem cells. This switch, which belongs to a class of molecules called microRNAs, can decrease a cancer stem cell's ability to propagate tumors. These findings offer a way for targeting cancer stem cells directly, and as a result open up new avenues for potentially treating cancer as a whole.

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