Determination of somatic and cancer stem cell self-renewing symmetric division rate using sphere assays.

Representing a renewable source for cell replacement, neural stem cells have received substantial attention in recent years. The neurosphere assay represents a method to detect the presence of neural stem cells, however owing to a deficiency of specific and definitive markers to identify them, their...

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Main Authors: Loic P Deleyrolle, Geoffery Ericksson, Brian J Morrison, J Alejandro Lopez, Kevin Burrage, Pamela Burrage, Angelo Vescovi, Rodney L Rietze, Brent A Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3016423?pdf=render