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Cancer Stem Cell Research
The Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital leads the world in this area of research

(left to right) Drs. Ben Neel, Tom Waddell, Peter Dirks, John Hassell, and John Dick  
In the last decade scientists have come to understand more about human development, and ‘stem cell’ has become a household term. Since the initial discovery of stem cells by Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch at the Princess Margaret Hospital in the early 1960’s, scientists have learned not only that that there are different kinds of stem cells, but that the concept of a stem cell extends to the development of cancer. The idea that only certain cells within a tumour can sustain and grow the cancer leads to new ways of thinking about the treatment and eradication of the disease.
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Videos:
A Brief Interview with Dr. John Dick (2 min)
Dr. John Dick’s Cancer Stem Cell presentation at Princess Margaret Hospital: Behind the Scenes

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