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An “intelligent tattoo” developed by Canadian researchers offers a minimally invasive way to detect skin cancer before it appears. (www.eurekalert.org)
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[–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I fail to understand this. It's not a tattoo, it's microneedles in a patch. Yes, it detects early melanoma on mice where they knew it would be. How will this practically be used on humans?

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    They had to test it on mice bred to have skin cancer. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to know if it detected skin cancer. As the article says current diagnostic approaches rely on visual examination followed by biopsies—procedures that are invasive and sometimes unnecessary.

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