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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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However, Dr. Bahassi reported that the selection of CTCs using this method is often not very efficient and the CTC population is usually highly contaminated with leukocytes. This is a negative CTC selection technique because CD45 markers are used to remove white blood cells from the sample, leaving CTCs behind. percent show less reliability).

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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CanSino Biologics is developing a vaccine that involves snipping a bit of the virus’ genetic code off and coupling it with a harmless virus to provoke a SARS-CoV-2 immune response. Several laboratories have already shown that they can detect genetic material from the virus in wastewater.