The CTC iChip is a microchip that isolates rare circulating tumor cells, which are solid tumors found in low levels of bloodstreams.
Stats about the CTC iChip:
- The CTC iChip is a more reliable and faster way to detect tumors than the previous methods
- The normal method to check for mutations in genes could only check 25, but the CTC iChip can check over 1000 genes for mutations.
- They also have an extremely large budget to pursue the CTC iChip and more inventions, and that budget is $775 million.
Stats on Global Impact:
- Tiffani Lash who is the program director for Micro- and Nano-system technologies said, "The ability to grow the CTCs in the laboratory and test them for cancer drug susceptibility is a major step towards providing targeted therapies with the real potential to significantly improve patient outcomes.”