Stem cells zapped with radiation can protect mice from cancer

Induced pluripotent stem cells can be made from skin cells

Induced pluripotent stem cells can be made from skin cells

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Rewinding skin cells back to their origins in the womb could provide a powerful new vaccine against multiple types of cancer.

Joseph Wu of Stanford University, California, and his team have found that a mouse’s immune system can be primed to recognise and target cancer cells by vaccinating them beforehand with stem cells.

This technique was inspired by evidence that cancers grow like embryos do, re-awakening many genes vital for rapid growth during pregnancy that had been switched off after birth. To help the …

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