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- adjective Capable of causing tumors.
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- adjective pathology that can cause
tumors
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Examples
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If these abnormal clumps cause tumors when injected into experimental animals, the cell line is called tumorigenic.
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny: Novartis Is Celebrating. Should We? 2009
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Cremonezzi et al describe melamine as a "tumorigenic agent" (2) that induced "pre-neoplastic (pre-cancerous) urothelial proliferation" (2) Cats fed 2000 ppm melamine and cyanuric acid developed lethal kidney failure in just 2 days (3), so perhaps humans fed 2 parts per million melamine and cyanuric acid will developed lethal kidney failure in 2000 days or about six years.
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When they blocked this switch to glycolysis, the cells were less tumorigenic.
Carbohydrates are addictive | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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They made a series of assertions that stem cells from bone marrow, cord blood, amniotic fluid and placenta are sufficient because they do not involve "destruction of life" and that embryonic stem cells are tumorigenic.
Sunil Chacko: Bill on Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Clears the House 2008
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Hedgehog pathway is also thought to be a potential regulator of cancer stem cells, which are discrete tumor cell populations that display self-renewal and tumorigenic properties.
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COX-2 is known to have multiple tumorigenic effects.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Fang D, Nguyen TK, Leishear K, Finko R, Kulp AN, et al. (2005) A tumorigenic subpopulation with stem cell properties in melanomas.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ara Parlakian et al. 2010
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The researchers discovered that an over-expression of Arpc1b promotes tumorigenic properties of breast cancer cells.
innovations-report 2010
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Furthermore, these results point to a specificity of the muscle conditioned media on tumorigenic cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ara Parlakian et al. 2010
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The researchers discovered that an over-expression of Arpc1b promotes tumorigenic properties of breast cancer cells.
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