Healthhealthcare-in-europe.comNovel cell-collector to improve early detection of ovarian cancer
MIT researchers have developed a handheld device that collects living cells from fallopian tubes to help detect ovarian cancer earlier.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a handheld system that gently collects living cells from patient samples to aid cancer testing and development of personalized medicines.
Researchers at MIT developed a handheld cell-collector that gently gathers living cells from fallopian tubes to improve early detection of ovarian cancer.
The device preserves living cells that can be grown into organoids and used to test how an individual patient's cells respond to different treatments, the researchers say.
The technology forms part of a broader Break Through Cancer project, with the team hoping it will eventually support more personalised cancer medicines.
Women at increased risk of ovarian cancer may benefit from knowing that removing fallopian tubes after childbearing can largely preserve normal hormone production, experts say.
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