News tagged with mammary ducts
'Engineered' breast aims to improve nanoparticle testings
Researchers from Purdue University has reproduced portions of the female breast in a tiny slide-sized model dubbed "breast on-a-chip" that will be used to test nanoparticle-based approaches for the detection and treatment ...
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Feb 23, 2011 |
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Researchers discover critical rotational motion in cells
In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Getting organized: Study shows how breast cell communities organize into breast tissue
In biology, the key to a healthy life is organization. Cells that properly organize themselves into communities live long and prosper, whereas disorganized cells can become cancerous. A study by researchers ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Team creates 'engineered organ' model for breast cancer research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have reproduced portions of the female breast in a tiny slide-sized model dubbed "breast on-a-chip" that will be used to test nanomedical approaches for the detection ...
Jan 23, 2011 |
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Early investigations promising for detecting metastatic breast cancer cells
Research by engineers and cancer biologists at Virginia Tech indicate that using specific silicon microdevices might provide a new way to screen breast cancer cells' ability to metastasize.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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MicroRNA controls mammary gland development in mice
Hormones, growth factors and several proteins ensure that development occurs in the right way, at the right time. The components that cause breast development in mammals, for example, were thought to be largely ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Study raises new concerns about radiation and breast cancer
It is well established that exposure to ionizing radiation can result in mutations or other genetic damage that cause cells to turn cancerous. Now a new study led by researchers with the U.S. Department of ...
May 13, 2010 |
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New Chemo Cocktail Blocks Breast Cancer Like a Fence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Think of a protective fence that blocks the neighbor's dog from charging into your backyard. The body, too, has fences -- physical and biochemical barriers that keep cells in their place.
Oct 05, 2009 |
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'Second hit' pushes noninvasive breast cancer towards deadly metastasis
A new study identifies a molecule that acts cooperatively with a well known oncoprotein to drive progression of noninvasive breast cancer to metastatic, life-threatening disease. The research findings, published by Cell Press ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Cell microenvironments hold key to future stem cell therapies
Adult stem cells and their more committed kin, progenitor cells, are prized by medical researchers for their ability to produce different types of specialized cells. The potential of using these cells to repair ...
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Scientists show how a protein that determines cell polarity prevents breast cancer
In breast tissue, cells lining the breast's ducts have a certain shape that is required to maintain both organ structure and function. All breast cancers display a loss of this characteristic organization, but very little ...
Nov 26, 2008 |
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