Publication Date:
2014-04-09
Description:
Article The potential of extracellular vesicles (EVs) as cancer biomarkers is substantial. Here, Yoshioka et al . describe a sensitive technique to analyse EVs directly from blood samples of patients with colorectal cancer, highlighting a liquid biopsy technique with cancer-detection possibilities. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4591 Authors: Yusuke Yoshioka, Nobuyoshi Kosaka, Yuki Konishi, Hideki Ohta, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Hikaru Sonoda, Ryoji Nonaka, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Hideshi Ishii, Masaki Mori, Koh Furuta, Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Hayashi, Hajime Sugisaki, Hiroko Higashimoto, Takashi Kato, Fumitaka Takeshita, Takahiro Ochiya
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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