Artificial nanopore production could lead to early detection of disease
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- A University of Texas at Arlington multi-disciplinary team has received a $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build artificial nanopores made of silicon that can detect bad molecules as a very early indication of cancer and other diseases.
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