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Detecting rare cancer cells

Magnetic nanoparticles and gold-plated carbon nanotubes allow rapid detection of circulating tumour cells in the blood vessels of mice using two-colour photoacoustic methods.

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Figure 1: Capturing and detecting circulating tumour cells.

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Zemp, R. Detecting rare cancer cells. Nature Nanotech 4, 798–799 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.367

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