Researcher uses microscale technology to isolate rare cells

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 07:50 in Health & Medicine

In a blood sample taken from a cancer patient, there may be a single circulating tumor cell among hundreds of thousands of other cells. These tumor cells can provide valuable information about how cancer progresses, and could help doctors decide how to treat individual patients, but they are extremely difficult to find.

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