An Early Warning System for Cancer

February 9, 2010

Source: Technology Review — Feb. 9, 2010

Overexpression of cancer-associated short glycan (sugar chains) structures (green) on proteins in cancer cells. (Kirstine Lavrsen)

A new screening tool developed by scientists in Denmark, comprising a microarray system that analyzes patients’ blood, could detect the presence of autoantibodies as a warning sign of cancer.

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Topics: Biomed/Longevity