Apr 27, 2016 Contact Katherine McAlpine, 734-763-4386, kmca@umich.edu The device captures cancer cells from a blood sample. When a cold solution runs through the device, it releases the cancer cells for further study. Credit: Hyeun Joong Yoon, Apoorv Shanker, Angela Yang Wang, and Molly Kozminsky University of Michigan. Copyright: Advanced MaterialsANN ARBOR—A new device developed at the University of Michigan could provide a non-invasive way to monitor the progress of an advanced cancer treatment. It can pick cancer cells out of a blood sample and let them go later, enabling further tests that can show whether the therapy is successfully ridding the patient of the most dangerous cancer cells. Cells released into the bloodstream by tumors could be used to monitor cancer treatment, but they
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