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![<B>New probe detects breast cancer spread</B> [Uof Houston & UCL] <B>New probe detects breast cancer spread</B> [Uof Houston & UCL]](dat/89CF6ACC/_[el]thumbnail.gif?635051398684807495) |  | A device capable of locating magnetic nanoparticles in lymph nodes to detect the spread of breast cancer has been developed by medical scientists in the UK and US. The device incorporates an ultra-sensitive magnetic probe to detect minuscule magnetic fields in the body. |
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Volume 118, Issues 1-2 , 25 October 2006, Pages 2-10
Eurosensors XIX - Eurosensors XIX - The 19th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers
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