[HN Gopher] 'Worm-on-a-chip' device could someday help diagnose ...
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       'Worm-on-a-chip' device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
        
       Author : mzs
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2022-03-21 17:14 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | intrasight wrote:
       | I know they are working on a "Joy Milne" on a chip.
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       | https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/23/8202745...
        
       | dontreact wrote:
       | This is actually a really cool idea. Looking forward to see
       | how/if it scales up to humans.
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       | Would be a sad but hilarious example of why lab bench testing and
       | testing in humans or animals is such a large gap
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       | Bench: The worms swim towards the cancer cells on this 3 inch, 2D
       | glass media!
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       | Animal trial in mice: The worms swim towards the cancer cells!
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       | Humans: Oh shit the worms are totally lost in this huge space.
       | Also the patient has a lot of worms in their lungs.
        
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       | ComputerCat wrote:
       | This is so fascinating, but not going to lie - it gave me the
       | heebie-jeebies _shudders_
        
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