Hummingbird Diagnostics & Saarland University Cooperate on Cancer Detection

Hummingbird Diagnostics & Saarland University cooperate on the early detection of cancer by liquid biopsy employing miRNA fingerprints Early detection as key for improved outcome The maybe best strategy in the daily fight against cancer – besides preventive actions such as anti-smoking campaigns – is the in-time detection of malignant tumors. There is an undisputed clinical need for minimally or non-invasive diagnostics that facilitate sensitive and specific discovery of cancers. The panel of possible approaches that is currently explored by research groups and companies worldwide includes different molecular diagnostic options, including protein patterns, gene expression profiles, epigenetics or metabolic marker...