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The present review is an attempt to summarize the recent data on adult stem cells which, according to the present dominant paradigm, most probably can be predisposed to cancer development, or in which cancer is initiated.

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Original Russian Text © E.D. Sverdlov, V.V. Pleshkan, I.V. Alekseenko, T.V. Vinogradova, E.P. Kopantsev, D.A. Didych, 2015, published in Molekulyarnaya Genetika, Mikrobiologiya i Virusologiya, 2015, No. 3, pp. 3–8.

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Sverdlov, E.D., Pleshkan, V.V., Alekseenko, I.V. et al. Adult stem cells and other cancer residents. Part I. Mol. Genet. Microbiol. Virol. 30, 107–113 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0891416815030064

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