据2012年8月1日Driessens G(Nature,2012 Aug 1.doi:10.1038/nature11344.)报道,一小部分细胞驱动肿瘤的生长,而想要治愈癌症可能需要将这些所谓肿瘤干细胞清除。癌症研究人员可以测定肿瘤细胞基因组的序列,扫描其异常的基因活性,剖析其突变的蛋白质和研究它们在实验室培养皿中的生长,但研究人员一直无法跟踪细胞形成肿瘤的过程。现在3个独立研究小组在小鼠 According to a report by Driessens G (Nature, 2012 Aug. doi: 10.1038 / nature11344.) On August 1, 2012, a small percentage of cells drive the growth of tumors, and the cure for cancer may require the clearance of these so-called tumor stem cells. Cancer researchers can sequence tumor cells ’genomes, scan for aberrant gene activity, profile their mutated proteins and study their growth in laboratory dishes, but researchers have been unable to keep track of cells’ tumor-forming processes. Now three independent research groups in mice