A New Liquid Biopsy Chip Developed at Worcester Polytechnic institute Detects Circulating Tumor Cells in 100 Percent of Blood Samples from Stage 1-4 Breast Cancer Patients
Using the tendency of circulating cancer cells to adhere to carbon nanotubes, the easily mass-produced chip captures living cells and cell clusters of multiple types and sizes with high reliability and makes them available for analysis. The chip could be used to detect tumors at the earliest stages, before they can metastasize Researchers at Worcester