This lab in a smartphone detects cancer instantly


Scans Several Samples At Once, Is 99% Accurate
 
Scientists at Washington State University have developed a new low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker with 99% accuracy , producing lab-quality results.

At a time when patients and medical professionals expect faster results, researchers are trying to translate biodetection technologies used in laboratories to the field and clinics, so patients can get instant diagnoses in a physician's office, an ambulance or the emergency room.

The researchers created an eight-channel smartphone spectrometer that can detect human interleukin-6 (IL-6), a known biomarker for lung, prostate, liver, breast and epithelial cancers. A spectrometer analyses the amount and type of chemicals in a sample by measuring the light spectrum. Although smartphone spectrometers exist, they only monitor or measure a single sample at a time, making them inefficient for real-world applications.................Read more

 

Source: The Times of India


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