Nanosensor chips for early cancer detection

Stanford researchers Shan Wang and Richard Gaster explain how the biosensor they created works. Using magnetic nanosensing protein detection technology that Wangs team of researchers developed, the nanosensor chip has detected cancer tumors in mice earlier than any detection technology currently in use.

Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/

Article on Stanford News:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/october12/cancer-detection-101209.html

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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• cancer detection
• nanosensors
• computer chips
• medicine

[agapitoflores001]

This is a very good breakthrough since a lot of people nowadays are dying because of cancer.

[nathen607]

是华人教授诶 厉害～

[KRU78]

@tutbanana from what i gather you put the sample in the center of the chip thus allowing the chip to run Many tests with its nano technology where as without the nanosensor you would have to use much more tech and more samples to test the same things over a longer period of time

[tutbanana]

How does this sensor work? What does the nano-part consist of?