Cancer-Detecting Yogurt Could Replace #Colonoscopies
▻http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531241/cancer-detecting-yogurt-could-replace-colonoscopies
A spoonful of yogurt could soon offer a cheap and simple way to screen for colorectal #cancer.
Sangeeta Bhatia, a professor at MIT, is working to replace costly and uncomfortable colonoscopies and MRIs with a helping of yogurt followed by a urine test—a cheap method that could improve the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Bhatia is developing synthetic molecules that can be introduced into the body via yogurt, and will interact with cancer in a way that produces telltale biomarkers. These molecules can then be detected easily when passed in urine.