Traditionally surgeons
operating on patients with brain tumors were put in the difficult position of having to remove too much healthy tissue, and possibly crippling the
patient, or removing too little and leaving deadly cancer cells behind. A
new technique, called "tumor painting" will allow surgeons to distinguish
between healthy cells and cancer cells.
Leading the research into tumor painting is Dr. James M. Olson, of
Seattle Children's Hospital and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
He is the senior author of a study published in the July 15th issue of
Cancer Research. In the study, as few as 200 cancer cells were detected,
making tumor painting 5000 times more sensitive than a MRI. The "paint"
used is called chlorotoxin and is made from the venom of a scorpion!
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this is a great discovery
hope this can be used to find all types of cancers
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