« One Good Thing |
Main
| Retraction »
Quite A Breakthrough
...if it really works:
Associate Professor Michael King of the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department has invented a de-vice that filters the blood for cancer and stem cells. When he captures cancer cells, he kills them. When he captures stem cells, he harvests them for later use in tissue engineering, bone marrow transplants, and other applications that treat human disease and improve health.
It's not clear from the article how close it is to actual use on humans.
Posted by Rand Simberg at January 05, 2007 12:18 PM
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.transterrestrial.com/mt-diagnostics.cgi/6773
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference
this post from
Transterrestrial Musings.
Comments
Looks like an early version of HealthGuard.
Can't happen soon enough IMO.
Posted by Jason Bontrager at January 7, 2007 09:13 AM
Bone cancer was once prevalent among individuals who painted radium on watch faces (to produce glow-in-the-dark dials). WBR LeoP
Posted by Leonard at January 26, 2007 01:33 AM
Post a comment
