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NTU researchers develop 12-minute cancer test (2011/01/18)

National Taiwan University has unveiled a test for cancer that uses an IC chip to produce results in just 12 minutes. In clinical trials, researchers showed the accuracy of the test can reach as high as 100 percent for various forms of cancer as well as enterovirus and other diseases.

These samples which have been collected to test for cancer typically require three days to one week for test results to emerge. But now National Taiwan University has produced this Vsensor that yields results in just 12 minutes.

Lin Shi-ming
NTU Optoelectronic Biomedicine
This whole sample is taken and passed over this IC chip and in just 12 minutes a direct test is performed for enterovirus. Most tests require a viral culture or genetic testing, which can take three to five days. This means that a test for a child can cause them to miss out on medical care.

National Taiwan University is digitizing the examination of diseases and viruses, not only reducing examination time for enterovirus and cervical, liver and lung cancer, but also other diseases such as influenza and sepsis.

Lin Shi-ming
NTU Optoelectronic Biomedicine
The accuracy can reach 100 percent when testing enterovirus 71 and cervical cancer.

The invention by National Taiwan University has already passed human trials. In the future, there’s hope that a laptop and a cell phone can be used for convenient testing for the benefit of everyone around the world.

中文 Chinese  

12分驗癌症

台大今天展示了一項新的醫療利器，這項儀器透過體液和晶片的判讀，能夠在12分鐘之內，檢驗出是否得到了癌症、腸病毒。台大通過臨床試驗，腸病毒檢驗的準確率，高達百分之百。

採集檢體，檢驗是否得了癌症，以往需要3天到1個禮拜，才能知道結果。現在台大這台Vsensor，號稱只要12分鐘，就能知道檢驗結果。

[[台大光電生物醫學中心教授 林世明]]
“直接整個扳過來，它就整個把樣本從樣本槽裡面直接流過晶片來看，12分鐘， 直接檢查裡面的腸病毒，那一般都要做病毒培養，還是基因檢測需要3到5天，所以小孩子檢驗出來後，已經錯失就醫時程”

台大利用電學，把病毒通通電子化，大大縮減檢驗時間，包括腸病毒，子宮頸癌、肝癌、肺癌、和流感、敗血症，都適用。

[[台大光電生物醫學中心教授 林世明]]
“準確度，目前腸病毒71型跟子宮頸癌病毒，精確度可以達到100%”

這項發明，台大已經通過人體試驗，未來希望能和筆電、手機結合，成為方便的檢驗儀器，為世人帶來福祉。