£5 buys 100 microscope slides needed to look at cells in great detail under a microscope– enabling scientists to better understand breast cancer and develop new treatments.

£10 buys storage containers for the blood samples used in the ‘Breakthrough Generations Study’ so that they can be kept safely for 40 years or more. These samples will help scientists discover the causes of breast cancer.

£125 buys a pipette for measuring liquid ingredients, meaning scientists can conduct each experiment into breast cancer and its treatment with great precision.

£380 buys a specialised water bath for conducting experiments at precisely the right temperature, enabling scientists to investigate the genetics of breast cancer.

£500 buys essential equipment that allows scientists to study DNA during experiments enabling scientists to investigate genetic changes in breast cancer cells.

£850 buys an ‘aspiration station’, which helps scientists grow breast cancer cells in the laboratory in totally sterile conditions so they can learn more about how breast cancer develops and responds to treatments.

£1,000 provides enough DNA extraction kits for 500 cell samples, enabling scientists to investigate genetic changes in breast cancer cells.

£2,500 buys a machine needed to extract pure samples of DNA from cancer cells, helping us to identify the causes of breast cancer and learn more about the disease.

£20 000 can set up a ‘cell culture’ laboratory, buying the highly specialised equipment needed for growing breast cancer cells so scientists can identify the causes of breast cancer.

£4,000 buys a specialist incubator that is vital for growing delicate cells at the correct temperature and humidity within the laboratory so scientists can identify the causes of breast cancer.

£8,000 pays for the sequencing of over 1 billion code letters of DNA, helping scientists to identify the genetic causes of breast cancer.

£15,000 buys a machine that can copy a gene within a cell, allowing scientists to study the genetics of breast cancer.

£17,000 buys specialist chemicals and essential equipment to enable a scientist to carry out a year’s research.

£25,000 buys a microscope, essential for looking at cells and patient samples to understand more about the causes and treatments for breast cancer.

£30,000 pays the annual maintenance costs for equipment enabling scientists to rapidly sequence the DNA of breast cancer cells, offering new insights into how breast cancer develops.

£80,000 buys an incredibly advanced digital microscope so scientists can view tumour samples at an unprecedented level of detail to learn more about the disease and how best to treat it.

£130,000 buys a specialised microscope needed to examine molecules and structures inside cells in the smallest detail so scientists can understand how breast cancer spreads.

£350 000 buys a powerful machine that can read over a billion letters of DNA code per week – offering new insights into how breast cancer develops.