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A New Way To Combat Cancer
(NAPS)?Tb help win the battle
against cancer, pathologists and
molecular biologists have joined
forces in their research efforts to
improve cancer diagnosis and
treatment.
Pathologists have long been
able to determine whether cells
from tissue biopsies are normal,
pre-cancerous, malignant or
metastatic. Based on a tissue
sample viewed under the microscope.
pathologists can observe,
identify and document the precise
location of normal and
abnormal cells.
In parallel studies, molecular
biologists have gained significant
knowledge about cancer from
DNA, RNA and protein analysis
from cancerous tumors. These
molecular findings, however, often
come from whole tissue biopsies,
containing a mixed collection of
normal and disease cells. This can
complicate the results.
Fortunately, a new research
field of molecular pathology has
evolved, which focuses on the molecular
pathologic process, that is,
how and why normal cells become
abnormal and cancerous.
Traditionally, attempts at isolating
single cells for DNA, RNA
or protein analysis involved techniques
using manual dissection
under the microscope with syringe
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needles. This and similar methods,
however, can be difficult to
follow and are plagued by the risk
of contamination. Isolating single
cells or complex tissue regions is
very difficult.
In response to the problem,
Leica Microsystems has introduced
a laser microdissection
microscope system, the Leica AS
LMD (Application System Laser
Microdissection) Microscope. This
new device for cancer diagnostics
has been called a revolutionary
tool for the molecular pathologist.
The system represents a completely
new approach compared to
previous systems. While the new
system's imaging results provide
more accurate analysis, the laser
beam steering and control technology
is easy to use. Laser
microdissected cancer cells or sus
pect tissue of any shape and size
are simply cut and dropped via
gravity directly into tubes for molecular
analysis.
Now, the precise, direct and
simple isolation of normal, pre-cancerous,
malignant and metastatic
cells within a whole tissue biopsy
is not only possible but routinely
performed. Coupled with rapidly
advancing technology in the understanding
of nucleic acids and proteins,
it's a powerful weapon to aid
the molecular pathologists in the
diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic
treatment of cancer.
You can learn more online at
www.leica-microsystems.com.
A new device that makes It
easier to see and isolate specific
cancer cells contributes to the
diagnosis of cancer.
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