New device to test blood spots cancer cells on the fly

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New device to test blood spots cancer cells on the fly

Post by Capt Tuttle » 03-28-2011 04:24 PM

"A Harvard bioengineer and an MIT aeronautical engineer have created a new device that can detect single cancer cells in a blood sample, potentially allowing doctors to quickly determine whether cancer has spread from its original site."

"The microfluidic device, described in an online edition of Small, is about the size of a dime, and could also detect viruses such as HIV. It could eventually be developed into low-cost tests for doctors to use in developing countries where expensive diagnostic equipment is hard to come by, says Mehmet Toner, professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology."


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