New Diagnostic Test For Rare Leukemia Appears To Give Faster Results, Study Finds
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 19:14
in Health & Medicine
A new twist on a well-known cell sorting technique may allow physicians to diagnose rare leukemias in hours instead of weeks, according to new study. The clinical promise of the Stanford-developed approach, which eavesdrops on individual cells to decipher potentially dangerous molecular conversations, is likely to extend to many other disorders in which cell-signaling pathways are disrupted.