Yes, we have had rotten winters before
Here is a
new word for you: exosome. Exosomes are
tiny molecular trash bags expelled by cells to get rid of waste products, and
possibly for other purposes as well.
According to Dr. Collins, NIH Director (in his blog), investigators at
U. Kansas have developed a “nanochip” (nano means one millionth of a meter)
that can detect exosomes expelled by ovarian cancer cells in their frantic race
to reproduce. It seems to work; it
properly detected OVCA in women known to have it, and cleared women known to be
free of the disease. Left unsaid is how
early in OVCA development it works. If
stage 1 or even 2, it may be a significant breakthrough.
By the way:
you can do far worse with your spare time than to follow Dr. Collins’ blog; not
only does he write about interesting and important things, he writes about them
well.
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