by University of Copenhagen Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One of the deadliest forms of cancer is biliary tract cancer. Only one in three patients diagnosed with the disease is operable. The rest must settle for life-sustaining treatment. The reason why this cancer is so deadly is that it is difficult to diagnose, and therefore, most...
NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS A team of researchers from HSE University, Skoltech, MPGU, and MISIS have developed a nanophotonic-microfluidic sensor whose potential applications include cancer detection, monitoring and treatment response assessment. Today, the device can identify gases and liquids dissolved at low concentrations with a high degree of accuracy. The paper is...
by Victoria University of Wellington Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain During her Ph.D., Dr. Qurrat Ul Ain developed a computer-aided diagnostic system that can identify certain characteristics of the disease from a photograph of a skin lesion. “Skin cancer has certain unique visual features that help to differentiate it from normal skin,” Dr. Qurrat Ul Ain...
