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Posted by ahsanur on 07 Sep 2010 at 17:08 GMT

MCF7
http://ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000889#article1.front1.article-meta1.abstract1.p1

MCF-7 is a breast cancer cell line isolated in 1970 from a 69-year-old Caucasian woman. MCF-7 is the acronym of Michigan Cancer Foundation - 7, referring to the institute in Detroit where the cell line was established in 1973 by Herbert Soule and co-workers.
Prior to MCF-7, it was not possible for cancer researchers to obtain a mammary cell line that was capable of living longer than a few months

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