Syringe Shear Test (IMAGE)

University of Iowa Health Care

Syringe Shear Test

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A syringe needle serves as the heart of a new, experimental microfluidic protocol to expose cancer cells to fluid shear stress. A new UI study suggests that resistance to fluid shear stress may be a biomarker for cancer cells, which could be used to improve detection and monitoring of circulating cancer cells in blood.

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