Dr. Erica Barnell: Stool-Based Detection of Colon Cancer
Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta
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Detection of Gastrointestinal Cancer
We're deftly looking at cancers in the g i tract or gu tract that could leverage our extraction technologies. So if we're thinking about just looking at samples, it's possible that we could be pulling down pancreatic cells or colangeal cells or hepatic cells and be able to detect those cancers. We also have the ability to transition to other sample types, menstrual tissue or urine, and look at the transcriptome of the cells there. And so you're going to start seeing more of these molecular diagnostics were were, traditionally, things were diagnosed with procedures in the hospital.
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