Machines are currently learning how to identify cancer cells with the help of manipulated light. This approach may help remove the pressure off our hard-pressed health services and reduce waiting times for anxious patients. According to the Norwegian Cancer Society, the results of tissue biopsies, which carry the information about the presence or absence of cancer, normally take...
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Contact lenses poised to detect cancer, treat disease and replace digital screens
MCDOUGALL COMMUNICATIONS IMAGE: CONTACT LENS TECHNOLOGIES OF THE FUTURE OFFERS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS OF ADVANCEMENTS TO COME, CATAPULTING THE COMMONLY-USED MEDICAL DEVICE TO APPLICATIONS WELL BEYOND REFRACTIVE ERROR CORRECTION, INCLUDING DISEASE DETECTION, TREATMENT AND DIGITAL SCREEN REPLACEMENT. CREDIT: CENTRE FOR OCULAR RESEARCH & EDUCATION (CORE) WATERLOO, Ontario, March 29, 2021–A newly-published paper represents one...
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Study finds analyzing DNA in urine could help detect cancer
Currently, cancers are detected and diagnosed using more invasive methods such as surgical biopsies of suspected tumours and blood draws. Urinalysis has long been used to detect and manage many diseases and disorders, but not cancer. Image credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) via Wikimedia, Public Domain Researchers investigated whether fragments of cell-free DNA...