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Techniques: Cell-penetrating NanoFlare probes to detect circulating tumor cell (CTC) mRNA signatures

January 15, 2015 8:00 AM UTC

NanoFlares could be used to detect CTCs from whole blood samples. NanoFlares are gold nanoparticles linked to single-stranded DNA complementary to mRNA targets and a fluorescent reporter that is activ...