24 June 2021
Implementing light sources, detectors and sensing elements on a single optical chip for better results in routine cancer diagnosis and screening. Imran Avci of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has received a grant from the Open Technology Program AES (NWO) to develop this optical chip, the COMB-O.
With this approach, Avci hopes that the COMB-O will be the first ultra-sensitive, low-cost and easy-to-use PoC (point-of-care) optical biomarker detection platform that can be developed as a disposable screening or diagnostic test. For lung cancer, the first target, this would be the first PoC detection method. Read more