«Circulating tumor cells — cells from a tumor that have escaped into the bloodstream with the potential to spread into other tissues — are extremely useful for assessing a patient's disease in order to select the most appropriate treatment,» said
UBC mechanical engineering professor Hongshen Ma, the lead researcher.
Not exact matches
«With an overall injury rate of 0.5 percent, the track is pretty comparable to 16 other sliding tracks across the planet,» said lead investigator Peter Cripton, a
professor of
mechanical engineering at
UBC whose research focuses on biomechanics.