Phytoestrogens, rather than estrogen, are gaining attention as an alternative for menopause therapy. It has been shown that Promensil, an over the counter phytoestrogen menopause treatment, causes a decrease in the proliferation of MCF7 cancer cells. This experiment investigates the estrogen dependent nature of the cells, and the effect of passage number and the addition of Insulin-like Growth Factor on their estrogen dependence.

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Creator

• Rollins, Casey Marie

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042308-180527

Advisor

• Buckholt, Michael Allan
• Rulfs, Jill

Year

• 2008

Date created

• 2008-04-23

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biochemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-29