Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) are rare, over-proliferating, and malignant cells that originate from a primary tumor site, enter the bloodstream, and have the potential to migrate to other tissues, where they can initiate secondary tumor sites. Current challenges focus on identifying these cells in patients' blood, enabling cancer detection and diagnosis. Here, we describe new techniques based on acoustic waves to sort and detect these cells in blood samples.
This video was created by Cyril Roty, a student in the Cell Physics Master program at the University of Strasbourg.
Mainly based on:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29968402
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1504484112
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) are rare, over-proliferating, and malignant cells that originate from a primary tumor site, enter the bloodstream, and have the potential to migrate to other tissues, where they can initiate secondary tumor sites. Current challenges focus on identifying these cells in patients' blood, enabling cancer detection and diagnosis. Here, we describe new techniques based on acoustic waves to sort and detect these cells in blood samples.
This video was created by Cyril Roty, a student in the Cell Physics Master program at the University of Strasbourg.
Mainly based on:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29968402
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1504484112
