A group from UMR INSERM 1308 CAPTuR, Faculty of Medicine, University of Limoges, Limoges, France has reported about a new approach which enables of accurately detecting Canser Stem Cells (CSCs).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-024-02839-9
A combination of plant lectins (MIX: UEA-1 and GSL-I) was used as a new approach to detect CSCs from a heterogeneous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) population.
It was demonstrated that the combination of those lectins recognizing glycosylated pattern exposed on CSCs were more efficient for detecting and sorting CSCs than CD133.
CD133 is know as a CSCs marker.
