Star Trek Inspires Exploration of Liver Cancer Patients
Radiologist Michael Kuo believes there is a way to get important details about tumors hidden inside liver cancer patients without subjecting them to surgical biopsies.
Using the concept of the Star Trek tricorder as their inspiration, he and his team are researching the possibility of using scanning devices outside of the body to noninvasively determine the molecular and genetic composition of cancerous tumors growing internally.
In this ScienCentral video, Kuo explains how yesterday’s science fiction is getting closer to becoming today’s medical reality:
Although this research was conducted exclusively on liver cancer patients, Kuo’s preliminary results indicate the technology also shows promise for use with other forms of cancer. More information about this study can be found in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
Source: ScienCentral News
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Tags: radiology; CAT scan; diagnosis; University of California, San Diego; Stanford University; Eran Segal
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