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. 2012 Dec 19;65(4):505–512. doi: 10.1007/s10616-012-9517-3

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Schematic representation illustrating proposal 2. Given that cancer stem cells have characteristics of normal stem cells, we hypothesize that we could possibly direct the differentiation of CSCs to normal organs. Since cancer cells could efficiently evade the immuno-surveillance of the host, we propose that the functional organ might also be well tolerated by the recipients, even though those CSCs are derived from other individuals