First measurement of cancer biomarkers in whole blood

Researchers have developed highly sensitive nanowire sensors that can detect cancer biomarkers in blood and enable doctors to test for these and other diseases in minutes rather than days.

Eurekalert: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/yu-sun121009.php

A team led by Yale University researchers. Their findings appear 13 December in the advanced online publication of Nature Nanotechnology