Cancer stem cells—new method analyzes 10,000 cells at once
A new device for studying tumor cells can trap 10,000 individual cells in a single chip.
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News tagged with circulating tumor cells
Nanosystems Capture and Destroy Circulating Tumor Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2010
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Scientists use 'NanoVelcro' and temperature control to extract tumor cells from blood
(Phys.org)—An international group led by scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute has developed a new method for effectively extracting and analyzing cancer cells circulating in patients' blood.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 13, 2015
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Capturing cancer: Liquid biopsy could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment
(Phys.org) —A microfluidic chip developed at the University of Michigan is among the best at capturing elusive circulating tumor cells from blood—and it can support the cells' growth for further analysis.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 30, 2013
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New device successfully captures metastasis-associated circulating tumor cell clusters
The latest version of a microfluidic device for capturing rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is the first designed specifically to capture clusters of two or more cells, rather than single cells. The new device called the ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 18, 2015
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Nanotechnology allows scientists to capture and preserve cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream
Scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Japan and University of California Los Angeles report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2012
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Polymer film loaded with antibodies that can capture tumor cells shows promise as a diagnostic tool
Cancer cells that break free from a tumor and circulate through the bloodstream spread cancer to other parts of the body. But this process, called metastasis, is extremely difficult to monitor because the circulating tumor ...
Biochemistry
Feb 24, 2012
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Tiny 'speed bump' device could sort cancer cells
In life, we sort soiled laundry from clean; ripe fruit from rotten. Two Johns Hopkins engineers say they have found an easy way to use gravity or simple forces to similarly sort microscopic particles and bits of biologicalmatter ...
General Physics
Jun 12, 2012
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New research promises better collection of prostate cancer cells
At the Oct. 2-6 microTAS 2011 conference, the premier international event for reporting research in microfluidics, nanotechnology and detection technologies for life science and chemistry, University of Cincinnati researchers ...
Biochemistry
Sep 28, 2011
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Capturing circulating cancer cells could provide insights into how disease spreads
A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 11, 2012
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