Specifically, IRB Protocol 4344 authorizes acquisition of human breast tissue from the patients recruited in Stanford University Hospital and Clinics and City of Hope National Medical Center (COH), Los Angeles, then documented and delivered by Stanford Tissue Bank. (elifesciences.org)
Working with human breast tissue, the new study's authors attempted to induce EMT in normal cells; they figured they would just get fibroblasts, a type of connective tissue that is important in wound healing. (scientificamerican.com)
Using 11 normal human breast tissue samples and 14 invasive cancer tissue samples, the researchers identified eight genes that were frequently repositioned in cancer specimens. (criticalillnessinsuranceinfo.org)