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Article: vital: CHEMISTS FIND NEW ADVANCE IN DETECTION OF CANCER CELLS.(Features)

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December 3, 2007
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SCIENTISTS have found cancer cells are almost four times softer than normal ones - a discovery that could revolutionise detection of the disease.

Cell stiffness is a key factor in identifying tumours and can be observed by a scanning probe called an atomic force microscope (AFM) ...

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