Cancer

‘Liquid Biopsy’ Promises Early Detection for Cancer

January 21, 2018

Figure 1. A new blood test looks for DNA shed by tumor cells, such as these pancreatic cancer cells. A team of researchers has taken a major step toward one of the hottest goals in cancer research: a blood test that can detect tumors [more...]

Dynamic Microenvironments: Finding the Right Cancer Therapy

July 16, 2017

With so many promising cancer therapies emerging from research labs, a key challenge for biomedical researchers is to develop tools that accurately predict treatment efficacy against a patient’s specific cancer, thereby avoiding [more...]

POC Medical Raises $21M for Portable Breast Cancer Screener

January 15, 2017

POC Medical Systems said today that it raised $21 million in Series A financing to fund clinical testing and commercialization of its portable breast cancer screening test, MammoAlert. The round was led by BioVentures Investors and also [more...]

GRAIL Announces Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) Study

December 4, 2016

RAIL, Inc., a life sciences company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, announced today that it has commenced its first multi-center clinical study, the Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas (CCGA) study to [more...]

Unlocking DNA and Cancer Mysteries Using Nanopores

September 12, 2016

Cancer thrives when mutated cells undergo frequent division. Most anti-cancer drugs work by inserting themselves in between the DNA base pairs that encode our genetic information. This process is known as intercalation, and it can result [more...]

Using Light to Control Genome Editing

September 5, 2016

MIT researchers have added an extra layer of control to the CRISPR gene-editing approach, by making the system responsive to light (Image credit: MIT News) The genome-editing system known as CRISPR allows scientists to delete or replace [more...]

Owlstone Medical Wins $7M for Cancer-detecting Breathalyzer

July 2, 2016

Figure 1 ReCIVA breath sampler, which is used in the lung cancer detection project (Image credit: Owlstone Medical) Owlstone Medical has raised £4.9 million ($7 million) to fund the ongoing clinical trials of its diagnostic breathalyzer [more...]

3D Hydrogel Biochips Superior in Detecting Early Stage Bowel Cancer

May 28, 2016

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB RAS), the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh) and a number of other Russian research centers have developed a [more...]

On-the-spot Diagnosis of Certain Cancers With Sensitive Bionsensor

March 21, 2016

The two arms of the interferometer used to detect microRNAs in urine samples. The top one is the reference arm while the bottom one is the sensing arm ( Image Credit: A Star) MicroRNAs are a newly discovered class of short (about 19 to [more...]

Device Could Decrease Time Between Cancer Detection and Treatments

January 17, 2016

The acoustophoretic microfluidics device the team built allows it to utilize the pressure generated in the small device to manipulate small fluid samples such as blood drawn during an examination (Image Credit: Texas A&M University) [more...]

Digital Microfluidics Keeps Track of Quick-Fire Cell Signals

June 28, 2015

Amidst the crackle of cellular signaling, it can be hard to distinguish between cells that are quick on the draw, and those that take a long time “drawing a bead” before they finally fire. When the smoke clears, it may be too late to [more...]

Breath Test for Detecting Head and Neck Cancer with Micro Sensor

April 13, 2015

Each sensor is composed of a silicon disk 500 micrometres in diameter that is covered by a polymer and suspended by four minuscule “bridges” with integrated piezoresistors Inhale, then exhale. This simple act could now save [more...]