Ascites Tumor Cell (ATC) Chip (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Ascites Tumor Cell (ATC) Chip

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Ascites fluid from ovarian cancer patients is introduced through a filter into an inlet (left) where magnetically labeled benign cells are trapped. The remaining fluid passes through a microchip containing microwells where antibody-labeled tumor cells are captured (inset) for collection, imaging, and additional analyses.

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Hakho Lee, PhD, and Jaehoon Chung, PhD, MGH Center for Systems Biology

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