Even a single cancer cell detects blood

In the U.S., have developed a new method of blood analysis that identifies a single cancer cell in a million healthy.

At the heart of the new method is the use of a microchip that resembles a glass microscope slide containing thousands of micro-needles coated with a sticky substance that keeps cancer cells by passing blood through a microchip.

Specialists of the company Johnson & Johnson, working in collaboration with physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and the company Veridex say that this test can help detect many types of cancer, especially breast, prostate, colon and lung.

"With new technology, based on a non-invasive blood analysis, we will be able to control the tumor cells and to study the biology of these cells," - said Robert McCormack, Head of Innovation Research company Veridex.

"The use of the information contained in these cells allow us to find in clinical tools that will help you choose the correct and timely treatment of cancer and to monitor patient's response to applied health effects" - he added.