Stem Cell Research - The Battle Against Cancer | Tomorrow Today

Heidelberg researcher Andreas Trumpp and his team want to find out why some types of cancer are so resistant to chemotherapy. They hope to find an answer in what are known as cancer stem cells.These are stem cells that may form the germ cells for a tumor. They defy treatment by medication and can therefore cause relapses many years later. Until a few years ago these cancer stem cells were unknown. Today they are considered a new hope in cancer research.