Cytophone detects and blasts circulating cancer cells

A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has developed a non-invasive tool which not only detects circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream, but can blast them away at the same time. Dubbed the Cytophone, it employs a laser which heats the CTCs, subsequently detecting them via ultrasound before turning up the heat again to kill them.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Cancer
• Laser
• Melanoma
• Ultrasound
• University of Arkansas

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2MOFvYK