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Breast Cancer
Researchers seek quicker, less invasive cancer detection
July 21st, 2005
A Mississippi State University (MSU) research team is developing a cancer screening process that may allow physicians to more quickly diagnose often-deadly malignancies without performing invasive biopsies. Using a novel technology called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS, MSU engineers and biomedical scientists are seeking to precisely distinguish malignant and normal cells in real time by inserting a single optical fiber microprobe directly into suspicious tissue for a cancer diagnosis, including breast cancer. MSU is seeking a patent for the new technology devised by team leader Jagdish P. Singh, a research professor with the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-21)
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