'Cellular barcoding' reveals how breast cancer spreads

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A cutting-edge technique called cellular barcoding has been used to tag, track and pinpoint cells responsible for the spread of breast cancer from the main tumour into the blood and other organs. Dr Delphine Merino, Dr Tom Weber, Professor Jane Visvader, Professor Geoffrey Lindeman and Dr Shalin Naik led the highly collaborative research that involved breast cancer biologists, clinician scientists, biotechnologists and computational experts at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/waeh-br021219.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 15, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news