Tiny Technology Enables Improved Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood can play an important role in early diagnosis, characterization of cancer subtypes, treatment monitoring and metastasis. NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a microfluidic system that isolates CTCs more efficiently than current technologies.