POSTS TAGGED AS circulating tumor cells

Screening for Circulating Tumor Cells with a Microfluidics Device

New technology to improve cancer detection and treatment
“Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new device that [MORE]

A Blood Filter for Tumor Cells

Inexpensive filter captures tumor
“Researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan have designed an inexpensive and convenient filter that can isolate circulating [MORE]

3D Printed Cell Traps

3D-printed cell trap isolates tumor cells in blood sample
Engineers at Georgia Tech and Emory University report using 3D printing “to [MORE]

CTC Blood Test for Prostate Cancer

Blood testing for CTCs
The prostate specific antigen test that is widely used to detect prostate cancer is famously inaccurate.  For [MORE]

A Liquid Biopsy Chip with 100% Sensitivity

Panchapakesan Lab on a Chip captures CTCs
“Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a chip made of carbon nanotubes [MORE]

Personalized Chemotherapy

 
Microfluidics chemo efficacy testing device
Rutgers University engineers have developed a microfluidics device that not only has a 95% accuracy in [MORE]

A “Cytophone” with a Laser and Ultrasound to Kill Tumor Cells

 
Noninvasive cytophone detects melanoma
University of Arkansas Medical School researchers have developed a device that can detect and kill melanoma cells [MORE]

High Speed Microfluidics that also Sequences CTCs

HydroSeq CTC Chip
“Engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a high speed microfluidic chip that can separate circulating tumor [MORE]

Highly Sensitive Microfluidic Device for Capturing CTCs

Cancer cell microfluidic device
Much of the enthusiasm for liquid biopsy in cancer research comes from knowing there are circulating tumor [MORE]

Biosensor Detects HER-2 Breast Cancer in 15 Minutes

3D printer makes biosensors to detect breast cancer protein in blood.
University scientists in Connecticut have built a microfluidics device that [MORE]

Preserving Blood to Isolate CTCs

Liquid biopsy
Several advanced diagnostics for circulating tumor cells exist—such as single cell qPCR, digital PCR and RNA sequencing—but limiting their [MORE]

An Inexpensive Trap for Diagnosing Prostate Cancer

PC3 prostate cancer cell
Chinese engineers have used a common frosted glass microscope slide as the basis for an inexpensive diagnostic [MORE]

Capturing Tumor Cells on a Magnetic Wire

 
Magnetized wire captures tumor cells
Stanford University bioengineers have designed a method for capturing circulating tumor cells in the blood stream. Their approach [MORE]

Preserving Liquid Biopsy Samples with a Glycoprotein

Microfluidics
Circulating tumor cells, captured in microfluidic devices, die off in a few hours; so means of preserving them is a [MORE]