Novel Labyrinth Chip Monitors Cancer Stem Cells in Clinical Trial

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a novel chip containing fluid channels that sends blood samples through a hydrodynamic maze to separate circulating tumor cells into an analytic stream. The chip is currently being tested in a breast cancer clinical trial."You cannot put a box around these cells," said Sunitha Nagrath, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemical engineering, who led the development of the chip along with Max Wicha, M.D., the Madeline and Sidney Forbes Profes