In the New York Times: "New Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs"
By Ó³»´«Ã½ Communications
A new study of cancer stem cells, led by Boston-area researchers, including several at the Ó³»´«Ã½, appears in the August 14 edition of The New York Times. The story, "," features Ó³»´«Ã½ researcher Piyush B. Gupta and Ó³»´«Ã½ director Eric S. Lander.
The work was also featured by the , , and .
In the new work, researchers used a novel stem-cell method to discover a chemical with potency against breast tumors in mice. The original study appears in the August 13 advance online issue of .