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A U.S. woman who suffered a stroke during childbirth is planning to travel to Germany for adult stem cell therapy that is not available in the United States.

Researchers are developing drugs that can specifically target and kill cancer stem cells, thereby adding fuel to the debate over a view of cancer which is still largely regarded as hypothetical.

Special opportunities, and dangers, are presented by the mass exodus of a growing number of patients who venture beyond the borders of their homeland in search of stem cell therapies in foreign countries, not all of which are scientifically legitimate.

This study suggests that different types of stem cells are "told" by conditions in the body to leave the bone marrow and to go into circulation.