{"60127":{"#nid":"60127","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Multicolor Quantum Dots Aid in Cancer Biopsy Diagnosis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe tunable fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots make ideal tools for distinguishing and identifying rare cancer cells in tissue biopsies, Emory and Georgia Tech scientists have demonstrated.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn article to be featured on the cover of the July 15 issue of Analytical Chemistry describes how multicolor quantum dots linked to antibodies can distinguish the Reed-Sternberg cells that are characteristic of Hodgkin\u0027s lymphoma.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our multicolor quantum dot staining method provides rapid detection and identification of rare malignant cells from heterogenous tissue specimens,\u0022 says senior author Shuming Nie, PhD, the Wallace H. Coulter distinguished professor in the Coulter department of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u0022The clinical utility is not limited to Hodgkin\u0027s lymphoma but potentially could be extended to detect cancer stem cells, tumor-associated macrophages and other rare cell types.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/shared.web.emory.edu\/whsc\/news\/releases\/2010\/07\/multicolor-quantum-dots-aid-in-cancer-biopsy-diagnosis.html\u0027\u003EClick to view full article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The tunable fluorescent nanoparticles known as quantum dots make ideal tools for distinguishing and identifying rare cancer cells in tissue biopsies, Emory and Georgia Tech scientists have demonstrated.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Multicolor Quantum Dots Aid in Cancer Biopsy Diagnosis"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2010-07-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:11","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"},{"id":"2305","name":"Emory University"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"168899","name":"Shuming Nie"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EFloyd Wood\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIBB\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=fwood3\u0022\u003EContact Floyd Wood\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["floyd.wood@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}