Dr. Bast's new model enables scientists to further understand ovarian cancer and develop effective strategies to prevent these dormant cells from rebounding.

He could feel the dormant cells patiently waiting for the return of life.

It's in us, in our capacity, so why would I want those dormant cells awakened?

As eggs and dormant cells and spores deep-frozen into ice right through the most severe phases of the frozen period.

In theory, the factor would rouse the normally dormant cells to proliferate into a emergency population to replace dead or dying neurons.

The idea with this one was to use a combination of light and sound to agitate certain dormant cells in the brain.

These dormant cells can stay in this state for long periods of time and can be clinically undetectable.

Another therapeutic strategy is to develop methods to knock out dormant cells completely.

By targeting the mechanisms behind dormant cell survival and how they acquire drug resistance, it might be possible to induce these dormant cells to their death.

An akinete is a thick-walled dormant cell derived from the enlargement of a vegetative cell.