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Hair-thin fiber-optic sensors could detect cancer by reading multiple biomarkers

Tiny sensors with the power to detect cancer
A fibre-optic probe with 3D micro-printed sensing structures is immersed in a liquid sample, where light-induced emission reveals changes in the chemical environment in real time. Credit: University of Adelaide

Microscopic sensors that are as thin as a strand of hair but capable of taking multiple measurements simultaneously could revolutionize the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases like cancer. Researchers from Adelaide University’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and the University of Stuttgart in Germany worked together to develop the tiny sensors using state-of-the-art, ultrafast 3D microprinting technology.

The unique sensors target specific biomarkers and are printed directly onto the tip of optical fibers...

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