Engineers and physicists based at Case Western Reserve University based in Cleveland Ohio have developed an optical sensor that is capable of detecting cancer, and the metamaterials are a million times more sensitive than ones from the past meaning that soon it will be possible to detect cancer at an early stage. It is a small device and once in use, oncologists will be able to find a molecule produced by cancer cells. Not only will detection be quicker, but clearly treatment and a plan of resistance.
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More than 575,000 people die of cancer, and more than 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer per year in the US.
The researchers now need to find out the difference between specific molecules and they will start with biomarkers for the different types of cancer and they will do this by finding the variations in their light shifts. Oncologists across the world will soon test the equipment, and soon it should appear in clinics.
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