Moving Forward in Human Mammary Stem Cell Biology and Breast Cancer Prognostication Using ALDH1.
March 29th, 2008 | by admin |Moving Forward in Human Mammary Stem Cell Biology and Breast Cancer Prognostication Using ALDH1.
In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, the seminal work of Ginestier et al. (2007) elegantly demonstrates that aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) facilitates the identification and isolation of normal and malignant human mammary stem cells in vitro, in vivo, and in situ in fixed tissues.
Balicki D.
Department of Medicine and Research Centre, Hôtel-Dieu du Centre hospitalier de l\’Université de Montréal, 3850, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC H2W 1T7, Canada; Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada; Director of Breast Cancer Genetics and Prevention and the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic, Ville Marie Multidisciplinary Breast Centre, Montréal, QC H3G 1L5, Canada.