Sensor biochips could aid in cancer diagnosis and treatment

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 10/21/2009 - 22:00

(Technische Universitaet Muenchen) Researchers at TUM, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, have developed a new test process -- using lab-on-a-chip technology -- for establishing whether or not a cancer patient's tumor cells will respond to a particular drug.

Such sensor biochips could potentially be used in the future to aid in rapid identification of the most effective medication for individual patients.

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