Cancer is a world-class problem that is hard to overcome. American scientists have invented a new type of cancer measuring pen, which can detect cancer cells in 10 seconds. Such a great invention is absolutely a great blessing for those cancer patients!
Scientists at the University of Texas in the United States have developed a new pen tool that can help detect cancer cells in patients within 10 seconds, according to the Russian satellite network, citing Time magazine.
Information chart: on February 11, 2017 local time, a group of special models were welcomed at the New York Fashion Week in the United States. They are all patients with advanced cancer. Carolyn Murrah, a cancer patient from North Richland Hills, Texas, is making up.
Masspec pen, a device used to diagnose diseases, was invented by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin. According to the Journal of Science Translational Medicine, the pen can be used to quickly distinguish tumors from healthy tissues during surgery and remove them as accurately as possible.
At present, in order to distinguish the infected and healthy cells during the operation, frozen sections are used, that is, some tumor tissues are frozen and sent for cytological analysis. In this case, the study of each sample may take 30 minutes or more, when the patient is still under anesthesia on the operating table, which increases the risk of infection or adverse effects of anesthesia.
Unlike the usual method of examining tissues during operation, masspec pen is a test molecule, and the molecular arrangement of infected tissues varies in different types of cancer. At the same time, there is no need to collect the infected tissue: a drop of water is released by the instrument, and the molecules of the organ under test are moved into the water drop, and then tested by the mass spectrometer. It is reported that the accuracy of using masspec pen to determine the presence of lesions can be 96%.