Reprogramming stem cells may prevent cancer after radiation

The body has evolved ways to get rid of faulty stem cells. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Stem Cells shows that one of these ways is a "program" that makes stem cells damaged by radiation differentiate into other cells that can no longer survive forever.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-12/uocd-rsc122914.php