Liquid detectors help to detect cancer fast

Imagine being able to go to pharmacies and get a quick and accurate cancer test kit.

The scientist Jae Kwon (left).

Jae Kwon, a scientist at the University of Missouri, USA, is developing a smaller acoustic sensor than human hair and can be used to test body fluids to help identify many diseases. Have breast cancer and prostate cancer.

'We can hardly detect many of the substances involved in illness in liquid environments. In this environment, the signal quality of most sensors is significantly reduced, " said Kwon, a computer and electronics specialist.

"However, with the use of high sensitivity liquid detectors and good signal integrity, we can detect these substances quickly and efficiently. This is a completely new concept that can contribute to the non-invasive approach to detecting breast cancer, " Kwon said.

Kwon's unique real-time audio-specific resonance sensor uses micro-nano / micro-electronic (M / NEMS) electrodes - devices smaller in diameter than human hair, which directly detect disease in substances. liquid fluid of the body.

This sensor does not require a bulky reader and data analyzer that can be attached to evenly distributed circuits. This provides the potential basis for the development of small independent disease detection systems.

This sensor also gives results almost immediately, thereby reducing the patient's anxiety level after they have to wait for other diagnostic measures such as biopsies, which can take days or several Last week there was a result.

According to Kwon, the sensor can help set up 'point-of-care' systems, which are services provided right next to the bed.

It also has great commercial potential to become simple household kits that make it easy to diagnose fast and accurate diseases, including breast and prostate cancer.