Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Stem Cell Research Unit, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2020 Dec;25(4):233-236. doi: 10.1007/s10911-020-09476-x. Epub 2021 Jan 21.
The field of mammary gland biology and breast cancer research encompasses a wide range of topics and scientific questions, which span domains of molecular, cell and developmental biology, cancer research, and veterinary and human medicine, with interdisciplinary overlaps to non-biological domains. Accordingly, mammary gland and breast cancer researchers employ a wide range of molecular biology methods, in vitro techniques, in vivo approaches as well as in silico analyses. The list of techniques is ever-expanding; together with the refinement of established, staple techniques in the field, new technologies keep emerging thanks to technological advances and scientific creativity. This issue of the Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia represents a compilation of original articles and reviews focused on methods used in mammary gland biology and breast cancer research.
乳腺生物学和乳腺癌研究领域涵盖了广泛的主题和科学问题，涵盖了分子、细胞和发育生物学、癌症研究以及兽医和人类医学等领域，并与非生物学领域存在交叉。因此，乳腺和乳腺癌研究人员采用了广泛的分子生物学方法、体外技术、体内方法以及计算机分析。技术列表不断扩大；随着该领域既定的基础技术的不断完善，新的技术也不断涌现，这要归功于技术进步和科学创造力。本期《乳腺生物学与肿瘤杂志》汇集了一系列关注乳腺生物学和乳腺癌研究中使用的方法的原创文章和综述。
