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01-08-2009 | Meeting report

It's all in the details: methods in breast development and cancer

Authors: Mohamed Bentires-Alj, Robert B Clarke, Jos Jonkers, Matthew Smalley, Torsten Stein

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Issue 4/2009

Abstract

The inaugural European Network for Breast Development and Cancer (ENBDC) meeting on 'Methods in Mammary Gland Development and Cancer' was held in Weggis, Switzerland last April. The goal was to discuss the details of techniques used to study mammary gland biology and tumourigenesis. Highlights of this meeting included the use of four-colour fluorescence for protein co-localisation in tissue microarrays, genome analysis at single cell resolution, technical issues in the isolation of normal and tumour stem cells, and the use of mouse models and mammary gland transplantations to elucidate gene function in mammary development and to study drug resistance in breast cancer.

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Title: It's all in the details: methods in breast development and cancer
Authors: Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Robert B Clarke
Jos Jonkers
Matthew Smalley
Torsten Stein
Publication date: 01-08-2009
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Breast Cancer Research / Issue 4/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2346

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