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'Worm-on-a-chip' device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
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- ComputerCat 5y agoThis is so fascinating, but not going to lie - it gave me the heebie-jeebies shudders
- dontreact 5y agoThis is actually a really cool idea. Looking forward to see how/if it scales up to humans. Would be a sad but hilarious example of why lab bench testing and testing in humans or animals is such a large gap Bench: The worms swim towards the cancer cells on this 3 inch, 2D glass media! Animal trial in mice: The worms swim towards the cancer cells! Humans: Oh shit the worms are totally lost in this huge space. Also the patient has a lot of worms in their lungs.
- intrasight 5y agoI know they are working on a "Joy Milne" on a chip. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/820274501/her-incredible-sense-of-smell-is-helping-scientists-find-new-ways-to-diagnose-di https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/8202745...