A battery-powered microendoscope developed by bioengineers could eliminate the need for biopsies

Описание: In a clinical study of patients in the United States and China, researchers found that a low-cost, portable, battery-powered microendoscope developed by Rice University bioengineers could eventually eliminate the need for costly biopsies for many patients undergoing standard endoscopic screening for esophageal cancer. The research is available online in the journal Gastroenterology. It involved 147 U.S. and Chinese patients undergoing exams for potentially malignant lesions of the esophagus. The researchers found that the microendoscope could have spared unnecessary biopsies for about 90 percent of the patients with benign lesions. http://tinyurl.com/pvn3muo