Detection, analysis of 'cell dust' may allow diagnosis, monitoring of brain cancer
Sunday, November 11, 2012 - 19:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A novel miniature diagnostic platform using nuclear magnetic resonance technology is capable of detecting minuscule cell particles known as microvesicles in a drop of blood. Microvesicles shed by cancer cells are even more numerous than those released by normal cells, so detecting them could prove a simple means for diagnosing cancer.