Recent Scientific projects as principal investigator: • 2003/2005 (EU V Frame Program): «International Bank of DNA, celllines and nerve - muscle - cardiac tissues» - «European Network of Human Biological Material for Rare Diseases - Eurobiobank».
Recent reports show increased CSC activity following hypoxic exposure in breast cancer celllines (18 — 20), but no reports have studied this rare population in primary human breast cancer samples.