A Sugar-Transporting Biosensor for Detecting Cancer
July 17, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
In making multicolor probes that detect varying levels of glucose transporters in blood, researchers at Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI) have shown how nonmalignant, pre-malignant and malignant cells can be identified in a matter of minutes. As this piece tells, “The notable differences in fluorescence intensity observed between normal cells and cancer cells, as well as different cancer types, provide important points of differentiation between different cell types and make these probes promising tools for cancer detection and diagnostics.” MORE
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