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System can detect 9600 proteins or DNA molecules simultaneously

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David L. Shenkenberg

As a research associate in the laboratory of Dr. Suzanne Lentzsch at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Rentian Feng has been studying proteins called cytokines in myeloma, a type of cancer that arises from special white blood cells in bone marrow. Cytokines are a class of proteins that white blood cells use to signal other white blood cells to grow and develop more rapidly to fight disease. However, when white blood cells become myeloma cells, cytokines help the cancer cells grow and develop out of control. Therefore, Feng and colleagues have been investigating compounds that...Read full article

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    Published: December 2008
    Basic ScienceBiophotonicsblood cellscytokinesmyelomaResearch & Technology

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