New Diagnostic Chip Able to Generate Single-Cell Molecular 'Fingerprints'

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New Diagnostic Chip Able to Generate Single-Cell Molecular 'Fingerprints' for Brain Tumors
ScienceDaily (Aug. 4, 2010) — New technologies for the diagnosis of cancer are rapidly changing the clinical practice of oncology. As scientists learn more about the molecular basis of cancer, the development of new tools capable of multiple, inexpensive biomarker measurements on small samples of clinical tissue will become essential to the success of genetically informed and personalized cancer therapies.
 
    
Researchers at UCLA have now developed a microfluidic image cytometry (MIC) platform that can measure cell-signaling pathways in brain tumor samples at the single-cell level. The new technology combines the advantages of microfluidics and microscopy-based cell imaging.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100803101926.htm


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