An experimental test detects cancer in 10 minutes – BUSINESS

<img alt = "Researchers have found ways to disable proteins that prevent defense cells from attacking cancer cells (Photo: Getty Images)" height = "350" src = "https: // s2 .glbimg.com / e1qDPIBPIKeH5Z-oG4TgapeQ0pg = / 620×350 /e.glbimg.com/og/ed/e/original/2018/10/01/cancer.jpg "title =" Researchers have found ways to disable the proteins that prevent defense cells from attacking cancer cells (Photo: Getty Images) Researchers have found ways to disable proteins that prevent defense cells from attacking cancer cells (Photo: Getty Images) [19659002] Australian researchers have developed an experimental test The study, conducted by scientists from the University of Queensland, and published on Tuesday 4 in the scientific journal will be the first to easily detect any type of cancer currently described by medicine [19659003]] Nat ure Communications used cell samples from 200 patients with the most different types of tumors and found that certain DNA expressions differed between cancer cells and healthy cells.

Experiments in which cells were dissolved in Australian researchers observed that cells of all types of cancer had the same behavior in these experiments.

So, scientists discovered that with a simple blood sample, it was It is possible to test the cells and discover in just ten minutes if such a change in the DNA indicates the presence of cancer cells in the body.

According to the researchers, the accuracy of the test was 89%, that is, the presence of cancer cells in 89 cases out of 100.

The scientists point out, however, that even if the test is able to

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According to the physician Tulio Pfiffer, clinical oncologist at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, although it is still at the stage of cancer, it does not indicate the type of tumor and the severity of the identified disease. studies, the test represents a major advance in the early detection of tumors. "Today, we even have tests that identify proteins clbadified as tumor markers, but these markers are inaccurate and only exist in certain types of tumors," he says.

The research of Australian scientists, says Pfiffer, creates a new approach to the process of detecting cancer cells. "With this biopsy, we are looking for changes in the biology of DNA.With this test, much simpler, we will examine the physico-chemical aspects of DNA altered by a tumor, as the fact that 39, it binds or not to molecules, bars of water or gold, says the specialist ".