{"id":70,"date":"2015-05-14T18:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magnet.engr.uga.edu\/?p=70"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:16:35","slug":"clemson-uga-developing-low-cost-device-to-detect-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magnet.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/2015\/05\/14\/clemson-uga-developing-low-cost-device-to-detect-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"developing to detect cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by&nbsp;<a title=\"Posts by Brian M. Mullen\" href=\"http:\/\/newsstand.clemson.edu\/author\/mullen2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author noopener\">Brian M. Mullen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CLEMSON \u2014 While many college football fans are focused on this week\u2019s marquee matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Clemson Tigers, researchers from the two institutions are working together off the playing field to develop low-cost technology that can detect cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jian He\" href=\"http:\/\/virtual.clemson.edu\/TMRL\/people\/Info\/Jian%20He%20CV.pdf\">Jian He<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/ces\/physics-astro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physics and astronomy at Clemson<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/magnet.engr.uga.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leidong Mao<\/a>, associate professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.uga.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Engineering at the University of Georgia<\/a>, discovered a system to measure magnetic properties of materials by combining their knowledge of ferrofluids, or liquid magnets, and microfluidics, fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub-millimeter, scale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConventional equipment for measuring magnetic properties of materials is large and expensive,\u201d Mao said. \u201cBy combining these two technologies, we are able to measure magnetic properties of materials using a low-cost, small device that works quickly and leaves a small footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The researchers use their technology to isolate cancer cells with magnetic particles from a sample.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to measure magnetic properties in a low-cost and fast fashion is of great importance in the area of biomedical research,\u201d said He. \u201cWe aim to use our technique not only to measure magnetic properties, but also as a diagnostic tool to distinguish between normal cells and cancer cells in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This research collaboration will continue to build on current results of their technology and apply to other types of applications including materials research and cancer diagnostics.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s research is supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a> under Grant No. DMR 1008073, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/div\/index.jsp?org=EPSC\">Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)<\/a> under Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER-46139, the <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/\">U.S. Department of Energy<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scepscoridea.org\/\">South Carolina EPSCoR<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/\">Clemson University<\/a> cost share. Mao\u2019s research is supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\">National Institutes of Health<\/a> under Grant No. 5R21GM104528.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by&nbsp;Brian M. 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