Lung cancer diagnostic (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lung cancer diagnostic

Caption

MIT engineers have designed diagnostic particles that can be aerosolized and inhaled.  At bottom is a scanning electron micrograph of the particles, which are coated with nanosensors that interact with cancer-associated proteins in the lungs.

Credit

MIT researchers

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