The sudden the in stem cell research could help isolate and thoroughly destroy cancer cells, according to a recent study from the University of Oxford, UK.

A group of scientists from the University of Oxford, England, has developed a new method helps to isolate cancer stem cells. Researchers hope Technology This new will help pave the way for the development of drugs treatment cancer more thoroughly.

Dr Trevor Yeung, School of Public Health Oxford and members of the team, said: “These cancer stem cells play an important role in the development of tumors if we can control these cells can kill a tumor completely.

With current technology, scientists are still struggling in the study of cancer stem cells because these cells are difficult to detect and separated from the tumor Previously, researchers often separate cancer stem cells from skin samples of patients with cancer.

In this study, the scientists also use technology marked cytokines (molecular markers) - instead of using biopsy samples as before - to detect the cancer stem cell research and the international cells in the laboratory.

Dr Yeung said: “Treatment of radiation and chemotherapy work quickly to all cells. But these methods have major limitations are disable destroy the cancer stem cells. Thus, stem cells can quickly grow into new tumors after the patient stopped treatment. ”

Many previous studies that cancer stem cells constitute only a small fraction of tumors, but researchers in this study do not think so. They believe that a large number of tumor cells in the cancer stem cells.