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Microchip-based Device Can Detect Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream

Microchip-based Device Can Detect Rare Tumor Cells In Bloodstream

   A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biomicroelectromechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center and the MGH Cancer Center has developed a microchip-based device that can isolate, enumerate and analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from a blood sample.

Posted : Thu, Dec 20, 2007

Category : Science / Health News

Why does cancer spread so fast

Why does cancer spread so fast

   A University of Liverpool team published in the journal Gut a study that could offer a new lead on possible reason why pancreatic cancer is such an aggressive disease.

Posted : Tue, Dec 26, 2006

Category : Science / Health News
 
 
 
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