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In (breast) cancer research we use a few different model systems to study cancer growth and development:
1) Cell culture
2) Animal models
3) Tissue analysis
4) Ex vivo models
1) Cell culture
2) Animal models
3) Tissue analysis
4) Ex vivo models
Cell culture is a method to study cells in a petri dish. The cells are taken from a person's tumor, media is added, and the cells are allowed to grow. We grow them in an incubator so the conditions are similar to the body.
This picture is cells called BT474. 📷: @officialatcc
This picture is cells called BT474. 📷: @officialatcc
The media we add contains all the nutrients that cells need to survive for baseline growth including amino acids, glucose, and growth factors.
We place the cells into smaller wells to treat them with different drug treatments or hormones then analyze what happened to the cells.
We place the cells into smaller wells to treat them with different drug treatments or hormones then analyze what happened to the cells.
