Health tracking
September 3rd, 2009 by rbanks
A Tiny Monitor With a Huge Task – Tracking Cancer
“Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created prototypes for cancer monitors the size of a grain of rice, small enough to fit easily into the bore of a biopsy needle. Tiny coated particles inside the devices can bind with molecules linked to cancer at the site, creating minuscule clumps that can be detected by a non-invasive scan like an M.R.I.,” 
NYTimes.com
