A neural tract-inspired conduit for facile, on-demand biopsy of glioblastoma.

Martha I BetancurAyden CaseEkaterina IlichNalini MehtaSean MeehanSabrina PogrebivskyStephen T KeirKevin StevensonBarun BrahmaSimon GregoryWei ChenDavid M AshleyRavi BellamkondaNassir Mokarram

Published in: Neuro-oncology advances (2024)

The results establish the potential of this neural tract-inspired, aligned nanofiber device as an on-demand, safe, and minimally invasive access point, thus enabling rapid, high-throughput, longitudinal assessment of tumor and its microenvironment, ultimately leading to more informed clinical treatment strategies.

Keyphrases

high throughput
minimally invasive
stem cells
single cell
quantum dots
cross sectional
human health
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risk assessment
climate change