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Microchip has become new technology to detect type and severity of cancer
Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a chip that can detect the type and severity of cancer, a breakthrough that will hopefully enable doctors to treat the disease earlier. Based on nanowires, the chip can detect the signature biomarkers that indicate the presence of cancer at the cellular level. These biomolecules—genes that indicate aggressive or benign forms of the disease and differentiate subtypes of the cancer—are generally present only at low levels in biological samples. |