Can neural stem cells be used as therapeutic vehicles in the treatment of brain tumors?

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-370

  Noble, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GLIOMA; HELPER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034117473     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74610     Document Type: Short Survey

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