title: The "cord of life" serving antiangiogenic therapy.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Seano et al describe a new method to screen drugs that starve tumors by using umbilical cords, which allow nourishment and waste product exchange between mother and embryo.(1)
authors.affiliation: VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazzone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014469:Umbilical Arteries / Q000166:cytology*