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How can I extract EP(epithelial cells) from Breast tumor samples ?

We analyse the mammosphere-forming ability of cells derived from clinical samples. Prior to their use in the mammosphere assay, epithelial cells (EP) first need to be extracted from such...

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Can any one help me to estimate the effect of CO2 on MCF7 cell line culture?

I want to know if CO2 affects the growth of MCF7 cells or not.

09 October 2014 6,484 3 View

Can anyone help me in the choose another breast cancer stem cell markers besides CD24, CD44, ALDH1 markers?

I am already work on these markers in the isolation process of stem cells of breast cancer, and I need other markers to make isolation process perfect.

08 September 2014 9,589 2 View

How to do processing of the normal tissue indetail?

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08 September 2014 8,883 0 View

Do you have a protocol for paraffin blocking of a cell line (MCF7)?

A detailed protocol that explain the method of blocking MCF7.

08 September 2014 6,097 2 View

How to establish a breast cancer primary cell line?

Our group is working on breast cancer tissue doing cell culture, preparing for a future stem cell isolation based on cell markers. We could see too many cells floating in the media on the day...

11 December 2013 8,863 24 View

Is there a specific protocol in IHC technique for a normal breast tissue that differs from breast cancer tissue?

I have a problem in IHC technique for normal breast tissue (control) specific in antigen retrieval step where tissue didn't remain in slide. This problem appears only in normal breast tissue slide .

03 April 2013 9,836 6 View

Which stage is the safest and the best for preserving breast cancer samples 10% formaldehyde or 70% ethyl alcohol for a long time?

Is there anything better ?

11 December 2012 4,414 2 View

what's the time required for fixing solid tumor in 10% formaldehyde for IHC buffer embedded tissue?

The type of the tumor that I am working on is breast cancer, it's size moderate, and it is from solid type. Is it right that the more times it is in fixed the better the result? If this is right,...

11 December 2012 9,038 18 View

Is there are any method to get rid of calcification in breast tumor ?

The sample that I have contains a large amount of calcium which makes it very hard. It may become problem in sectioning of buffering embedded tissue .

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What are the emerging trends and opportunities for STEM education and careers in the online space?

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Why Do TDS and EC Increase with Larger Wastewater Volumes, While BOD and COD Decrease?

I have carried out MFC experiments on three different volumes, 50, 500 and 1000 mL of wastewater. Results after MFC treatment shows that TDS and EC are more in larger volumes of water i.e. TDS and...

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Could it be a cell culture contamination?

Hello everyone! I observed in my culture (htert-RPE1 cells) an orange- red particle at the bottom of the dish. It is visible to the naked eye as a very very small red dot. Could it be a...

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Is there any way to quantify bacterial and fungal cells in their mixed culture?

I am working in fungal fermentation of soybean meal and there is bacterial growth in them at times. I am trying to quantify fungal cell counts and bacterial cells; but I haven't been able to do at...

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How to normalize and take the significance of the MTT OD values with 3 replicates for the same cell-line?

Hi, I have a question about normalizing the MTT OD values for doing the statistical analysis. So, if we have 3 different plates and we call them 3 different replicates, so, first we would...

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Why activated CAR-Jurkat cell could not kill targets?

Previously when I co-coluture anti-CD19(FMC63) CAR-Jurkat with Raji with E:T=5:1, Jurkat can eliminate Raji in 24h. However, when I test another CAR construct, although I can dectect totally CD69...

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How much total RNA concentration to be extracted from sorted plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice for RT-PCR ?

i have sorted anti-NP specific plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice at certain times after immunization with variable counts and isolated total RNA using TRIZOL method for RT-PCR using...

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Weak DAPI staining after immunohistochemistry - how to improve?

After immunohistochemistry of previously fixed in PFA and EtOH and then frozen 20 μm sections of zebrafish brain, DAPI staining is very weak (right) compared to the same sections stained without...

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The Curse of Evolution and Complexity?

Brain and body mass together are positively correlated with lifespan (Hofman 1993). The duration of neural development is one of the best predictors of brain size, and conception is the best...

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How to isolate lymphocytes from mouse spleen?

I have tried several times to isolate lymphocytes from mouse spleen, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. I tried most available protocols. I used different dissociation media (HBSS with Ca...

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