• Question: How do you do your research?

    Asked by sharp to Barbara on 13 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Barbara Guinn

      Barbara Guinn answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I grow cancer cells in tissue culture. This involves putting cancer cells in a watery solution containing salts, proteins, serum, nutrients and then putting them in the dark at 37oC in a wet (humidified) atmosphere with 5% carbon dioxide – just like inside the human body. We can then look at how T cells, taken from the blood of cancer patients or normal donors can be stimulated to kill the tumour cells.

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