A breakthrough! Cancerous tumors become more visible due to the newly developed 'microbubbles'.
Were previously the smallest cancer cells still very difficult to detect, Prof. Hessel Wijkstra of the AMC hospital in Amsterdam seems to have found the solution:microbubbles † Wijkstra announced his finding during a conference in Chicago, USA.
Light Up
The microbubbles are small gas bubbles , provided with a kind of molecular adhesive , which stick to the tumor and make it light up like a Christmas tree, the researcher explains.
Wijkstra, who is also a professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, expects that his invention can be used in a large number of cancer types, including prostate cancer † Presumably, however, follow-up research . must first be carried out must be done before the microbubbles can be introduced into regular healthcare, the professor believes.
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