Tag: nanoscale-sensor
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Liquid biopsy chip based on carbon nano-tubes to detect circulating cancer cells
A chip developed by mechanical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) can trap and identify metastatic cancer cells in a small amount of blood drawn from a cancer patient. The breakthrough technology uses a simple mechanical method that has been shown to be more effective in trapping cancer cells than the microfluidic approach employed in…
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Scientists develop nanoscale sensor to detect heart attack
An international collaboration of scientists involving a team of researchers at Manchester led by Dr David J. Lewis has developed a tiny electric sensor, which could potentially improve patient survival rates by telling doctors if a person has had a heart attack. Cardiovascular diseases account for around 30% of adult deaths in the 30−70 year…
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