New Test for Cancer Cells in Blood
December 21, 2007 | Source: Technology Review
An inexpensive microfluidics device designed by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers might eventually be used to tailor cancer treatments to individual patients by monitoring cancer cell counts and identifying the molecular attributes of an individual’s cancer.

Cancer cells (one cell shown in yellow) in the blood stick to microscopic posts lining the chip (shown in blue) (Massachusetts General Hospital BioMEMS Resource Center)