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Bayard

(28,996 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 11:41 AM Apr 2019

The MasSpec Pen Can Detect Cancer By Touch

Livia S. Eberlin, chemistry professor at the University of Texas at Austin, led a team of scientists and engineers in developing a tool called the MasSpec Pen which rapidly and accurately identifies cancer in real time during surgery.

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The MasSpec Pen Can Detect Cancer By Touch (Original Post) Bayard Apr 2019 OP

This is AMAZING. Duppers Apr 2019 #1

Dr. Richard Weber on Greys Anatomy invented this. boston bean Apr 2019 #2

I foresee a day when a $200 to $1000 mass spec device will be in most kitchens. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #3

Duppers

(28,469 posts)

1. This is AMAZING.

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:13 PM

Apr 2019

What oncology surgeon wouldn't love this?!
Thanks for posting and making us aware of this tool.

Found this article:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cancer-pen-could-detect-tumors-during-surgery-seconds-n799271

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boston bean

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2. Dr. Richard Weber on Greys Anatomy invented this.

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Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:51 PM

Apr 2019

Or so I saw it on the show.

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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. I foresee a day when a $200 to $1000 mass spec device will be in most kitchens.

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:44 AM

Apr 2019

Not sure about that garlic from China? Put a little in the mass spectrometer.

Concerned about fracking next county over affecting the water? Mass spec it.

Worried if dust on the deck is polluted or just earthy? Check it out!

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