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oh you are right - apparently there are at least two different kinds of teratomas - from what i read most recently, the ones that start to differentiate are not malignant - because they are differentiating rather than just dividing and dividing out of control - but there are those teratomas that do just continue to divide w/o differentiating. you are definitely right. --- Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I could be wrong about this....and someone correct > me if I am, but I read > somewhere that teratomas can and do become cancerous > and that individuals > who harbor these masses have an increased chance of > getting cancer. > --------- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) > teratoma-to-be cell does - divides and starts down > the > > path of becoming an actual embryo - from which one > > could then theoretically extract stem > > cells...hmmmm.... > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - > Release Date: 3/29/2006 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn