Harvard scientists have created an inexpensive system for the early detection of cancer

Yes, really interesting news - a joint team of scientists from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a portable system for early detection of cancer. The remarkable price of this system is only $ 200, which is probably the most inexpensive of all such systems - because the detection of cancer is also difficult due to the number of types of cancer and the complexity of the analysis methods used.

The portable system is a scanner that “uses antibodies and magnetic particles to search for cancer markers in cells taken for analysis.” Tissue cells are taken for analysis with a needle, rather than by surgical intervention. The results of the diagnosis of tissue samples can be transferred to any mobile device, such as iPhone (as without it) through the use of special software. The analysis takes only an hour, so the patient can immediately find out if he has cancer or not.
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By the way, the probability of error is only 4% in this case, while the probability of error when analyzing the usual method is 16%. In addition, the usual method of tissue analysis takes much more time.

This development is not a concept, but a real device, which, as its creators hope, will soon arrive in hospitals in various countries. Such a system is also useful for hospitals in developed countries, and especially for hospitals in third world countries, where the diagnosis of cancer is difficult due to the lack of necessary equipment and preparations for carrying out this type of analysis.

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