Liquid Biopsy

Interview with Vortex Biosciences’ Microfluidic Technology

June 10, 2018

Personalized medicine is a term we’ve heard for years. The ability to tailor a patient’s treatment type and dosage to obtain the best response is a holy grail for cancer [more...]

‘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 [more...]

Microfluidics in the Clinical Lab

December 28, 2016

From Admin: In this article, the author uses non-tech analogies from everyday life to explain some key microfluidics principles that govern the behaviors of flow in micro scale domain. The [more...]

WPI Researchers Build “Liquid Biopsy” Chip that Detects Metastatic Cancer Cells in a Drop of Blood

December 18, 2016

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 [more...]

DNA Cancer Test Gets Backing from Amazon, Microsoft Founders

January 17, 2016

A small number of companies are working to disrupt the blood testing industry (Image from Wikipedia) Illumina, one of the largest DNA sequencing companies, has announced the formation of a [more...]