The mobile, also as an ally against cancer


The mobile, also as an ally against cancer



They create a smartphone ready to detect cancers of the lung, prostate and breast with simplicityThey create a smartphone ready to detect cancers of the lung, prostate and breast with simplicity


Researchers from the Washington State University (United States) have developed a smart phone that aims to detect cancer through the analysis of samples. The 'smartphone' produces results with laboratory quality, according to its developers.

The research team has created an eight-channel spectrometer compatible with an iPhone 5 and capable of detecting interleukin-6, a biomarker that alerts to the presence of prostate, lung, liver, breast or epithelial cancers. The device is capable of analyzing the types of chemicals and the amount of the sample by measuring the light spectrum.

It is a type of device that already exists for 'smartphones' but, for the time being, those on the market are only able to process one sample at a time and make them ineffective in real-world applications. This multi-channel spectrometer, on the other hand, allows to measure up to eight different samples at the same time using the ELISA technique, an immunoassay technique where antibodies linked to enzymes are detected.

"With our eight-channel spectrometer we can put eight different samples to do the same test, or a sample of eight different sources instead of eight different tests, which increases the efficiency of our device," explains project director Li Lei . "The spectrometer would be especially useful in clinics and hospitals that have a large number of samples without laboratories 'in situ', or for doctors who practice abroad or in remote areas," he adds.

At the moment it is only available for iPhone 5, but the team is working on developing a design that is compatible with any smartphone.

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