Cancerul, depistat cu ajutorul

telefoanelor inteligente
Smartphones can be used to detect
cancer
de Lacramioara Vidru la 25 Feb. 2011
Ce poti sa faci cu un smartphone? Afara de a
comunica clasic, pe email, Facebook sau alte
asemea, afara a te destinde sau de a lucra cu fel
de fel de aplicatii, telefoanele inteligente vor fi
folosite si pentru investigatii medicale.
Suspectate ca ar putea determina aparitia
cancerului, telefoanele mobile vor servi mai
degraba pentru detectarea acestuia.
What can you do with a smartphone? Apart
from usual/classic communication, via email,
facebook and such, apart from relaxing or
working with all sorts of apps, smartphones
will become of use for medical research.
Supposed/assumed to be able to determine the
emergence/apparition of cancer, the
smartphones wil rather serve to detect it.
Cercetatorii de la Institutul National de Sanatate
din SUA au realizat un microcip care poate
depista tumorile canceroase in mai putin de o
ora, prin intermediul unui
smartphone. MicroNMR chip utilizeaza
nanoparticule magnetice cu ajutorul carora
masoara proteinele si alte substante existente in
tumori.
The researchers from the National Health
Institute in USA fabricated/produced/came up
with a microchip that can detect cancerous
tumors in less than an hour if its inserted in a
smartphone. MicroNMR chip uses magnetic
nanoparticles, thus measuring protein levels
and other substances existing in the tumors.
Microcipul se ataseaza unor smartphone-uri
precum iPhone sau Blackberry, actionand
intocmai ca un scanner. Dispozitivul poate face
si biopsia, aspirand celulele din tesuturile
suspecte, fara a avea nevoie de portiune mare de
tesut pentru a stabili diagnosticul. Analiza
dureaza mai putin de o ora.
The microchip is inserted in smartphones like
iPhone or Blackberry and it acts as/mimics a
scanner. The device can also perform a
biopsy, sucking out the cells in the suspicious
tissues without needing a large piece/portion
of tissue in order to establish/give a diagnosis.
The analysis lasts less than an hour.
In cadrul testelor realizate de catre cercetatori,
dintre cele 50 de cazuri suspecte de cancer,
cipul a diagnosticat corect 44, iar asta in
decursul a 60 de minute, cu mult mai rapid fata
Within the tests done/performed by the
researchers, out of 50 of people who were
suspected to have cancer, the chip diagnosed
correctly 44, and it did all of this in 60
de metodele clasice, cand timpul de
diagnosticare poate dura chiar mai mult de trei
zile si cu o acuratete a datelor de 84%.
minutes, a lot faster than by using classical
methods, when giving a diagnosis can last
even more than 3 days, the accuracy of data
being 84%.
"Am incercat sa determinam un fel de amprenta
moleculara. A fost o surpriza placuta cat de bine
a lucrat cu toti markerii de proteine. Unul dintre
obiectivele noastre a fost nu doar ca acest
dispozitiv sa fie in masura sa detecteze cancerul
cat mai exact, dar sa o faca cat mai repede cu
putinta", a declarat Jered B. Haun, co-autorul
studiului publicat in editia din 23 februarie a
revistei Science Translational Medicine.
We tried to determine/detect a sort of
molecular imprint. It was a pleasant surprise
to see how well it worked/merged with all the
protein markers. Apart from giving this device
the ability to detect cancer as accurately as
possible, another goal was to make it happen
as quickly as possible said J.B.H, co-author
of the study published in the issue from 23
Feb. of the STM magazine.