Researchers in Australia open 'window to the brain' with new cancer-detecting chip

Dr Zhen Zhang, Professor Matt Trau and Dr Richard Lobb developed the Phenotype Analyser Chip at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. - The University of Queensland

SYDNEY: Scientists in Australia have developed a diagnostic device that can tell how deadly brain tumours respond to treatment from a simple blood test, in what they describe as a "window to the brain," reported Xinhua.

The new device, called a Phenotype Analyser Chip, developed in the laboratory of Professor Matt Trau at Australia's University of Queensland (UQ), reads tiny biological particles in a patient's bloodstream to get fast and accurate information on glioblastoma, the most common and deadly brain cancer, said a UQ statement on Saturday (Jan 31).