This type of lung cancer is associated with 80 percent of diagnosed lung cancers. The team was headed by Li Zhong, an assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine of the medical center. This blood test employs a group of five cancer-related protein ...
For the past five years, Drs. Edward A. Hirschowitz and Li Zhong have led a team developing the blood test, which could potentially help detect lung cancer in early stages in people with high risk factors for developing the disease. "Early detection of lung cancer is the key to improving...
CHICAGO — An advanced colorimetric sensor that analyzes breath can accurately identify lung cancer and characterize cancer histology, researchers report. "We have certainly discovered a biomarker, but we still have a lot of work to do in technical validation and clinical validation," explained Peter ...
A clinical trial led by University of Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking 'breath test' to detect lung cancer is set to get underway at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. It is hoped that the LuCID (Lung Cancer Indicator Detection) programme will lead to a non-in...
Researchers have developed a nanoscale sensor to detect lung cancer by analyzing isoprene levels in breath, achieving high sensitivity and accuracy. The sensor, based on platinum-enhanced indium oxide nanoflakes, was integrated into a portable device that effectively distinguished lung cancer patients from...
Food and Drug Administration has approved a test designed to detect a faulty gene that's present in about 10 percent of cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).The cobas EGFR Mutation Test, a companion diagnostic to the approved cancer drug Tarceva (erlotinib), detects a mutation in ...
A bronchoscopy, in which a doctor inserts a lighted, flexible scope down a person's windpipe to visually examine the cells, can detect lung cancer, but it misses twice as many cases as it predicts. To more quickly detect cancers that are missed by bronchoscopy, Avrum Spira, a pulmonary ...
The device works just like atraditional breathalyzer, requiring users to blow on its sensor. But what happens after is very different indeed: A companion mobile app will turn a smartphone screen red should the device detect suspicious gases, and green in their absence. ...
It can be used to detect cell-free tumor DNA in blood samples from lung cancer patients and to detect synthetic Zika and Dengue virus simultaneously, without instrumentation. The team envisions a wide range of uses for SHERLOCK, due to its versatility in nucleic acid target detection. ...
To detect tumors, the nanoprobes hunt for cancer-related proteases. Protease activity is dysregulated in cancer, with proteases involved directly in tumorigenesis. The researchers engineered the nanosensors by analyzing human lung adenocarcinoma datasets to propose candidate proteases. These proteases were sc...