Detecting cancer in patients can be a painstaking process, one that takes time and isn’t always accurate. A new device out of the University of Kansas is set to change that completely. The device, which has been dubbed the “lab-on-a-chip”, allows doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma. Basically, the device works like a “million kitchen sinks” by draining the blood sample in a way where only the exosomes that indicate cancer are left. What makes the device even more special is that it’s easy to make and less expensive than other methods for diagnosing cancer, meaning that it has great potential for clinical settings that have no access to cancer diagnostics.
Ultra-sensitive “lab-on-a-chip” spots cancer in a single drop of blood
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