A 2010 study found that prostate basal cells were the most common site of origin for prostate cancers.

To date, the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of this disease, including how normal prostate cells become neoplastic, remain unidentified.

Dr. Schwartz and his colleagues showed that prostate cells even make this hormone themselves.

As the water within the prostate cells freezes, the cells die.

The test finds a protein, the prostate specific antigen, that is released by prostate cells.

Androgen play an important role in maintenance and growth of prostate cells.

The prostate cells have an androgen's receptor inside.

And this may fuel the growth of cancerous prostate cells.

Sun exposure prompts the body to produce vitamin D, which is known to inhibit the growth of prostate cells.

It would activate the added gene, killing prostate cells, but leaving other cells untouched.