'Chemical nose' may sniff out cancer earlier
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 07:14
in Health & Medicine
Using a 'chemical nose' array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate not only between healthy and cancerous cells but also between metastatic and non-metastatic cancer cells. It's a tool that could revolutionise cancer detection and treatment, according to chemist Vincent Rotello and cancer specialist Joseph Jerry...