Prostate Cancer Treated Using Microfluidics Technology
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing rare tumor cells in patient's blood, using a special microchip, doctors would be able to predict how a patient will respond to drug treatment. By using microfluidics technology rare cancer cells can be isolated (Fluidigm Chip) and minuscule changes identified in gene expression.