Tamoxifen is a drug treatment for breast cancer, just recently
commercially available. It works by inhibiting estrogen receptors
and nucleoside transporters on the cell membrane, which in turn
decreases the stimulation of estrogen and nucleosides on the growth of the
cancer cells. Scientists have been testing Tamoxifen by way of
radioactive substances, but a new method has been developed called Flow
Cytometry. The new method is a safer way of testing the characteristics
of cells. In my experiment, a fellow student and I will be using this new
experiment to test the mechanism of tamoxifen. We are hoping to
prove this method is just as good, and will produce an accurate result.
