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A Method Developed Accelerates the Analysis of Blood Tests by about 98%
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
A Method Developed Accelerates the Analysis of Blood Tests by about 98%Technion
July 20, 2020

Researchers from the Technion's faculties of Computer Science and Biology have developed a new method for rapid and inexpensive analysis of the chemical composition of blood samples, which may accelerate early diagnosis of diseases. The first application to be tested in the near future is early detection of various cancerous tumors based on blood tests.

The innovative technology, published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, was developed by researchers Prof. Tomer Shlomi and doctoral students Shoval Lagziel [CS] and Boris Sarvin, it is based on a unique combination of mass spectrometer and computational methods developed by the research group.

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