Chip measures breast estrogen with just a poke

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 10/07/2009 - 13:36

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Estrogen fuels breast cancer yet doctors can't measure how much of the hormone is in a woman's breast without cutting into it.

A Canadian invention might change that: A lab-on-a-chip that can do the work quickly with just the poke of a small needle....


 

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