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Title: [RSS]Nanotech Implant Monitors for Cancer and Now Heart Attacks, Too
Post by: Feed Bot on March 29, 2011, 01:04:34 PM

Nanotech Implant Monitors for Cancer and Now Heart Attacks, Too

Heart attacks and cancer account for nearly half of all deaths in the United States – they’re the two biggest killers walking the streets, but MIT isn’t afraid. Michael Cima and his team developed an implantable sensor that uses antibodies attached to nanoparticles to detect cancer related biomarkers. In 2009 Cima showed that he could [...]

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