article_snippet.sent: The graphic above shows how a blood sample can be mixed with microbeads that bind to cancerous cells (labelled A).
article_snippet.sent: When these are placed in a clip on module (B) that attaches to a iPhone camera (C) microbeads that bind to cancerous cells (labelled A) produce distinctive diffraction patterns when these clump around a diseased cell (top right)
article_snippet.sent: When added to a tissue or blood sample, microbeads that bind to cancerous cells (labelled A) bind to any cancerous cells in the sample, changing the way light passes through it.
article_snippet.sent: A tissue sample taken from a biopsy or blood from a simple finger prick is mixed with microbeads labelled with specific antibodies.
article_snippet.sent: their device works by using microbeads that specifically target molecules that sit on the surface of cancer cells.
article_snippet.sent: Diseased cells often produce molecules that makes Diseased cells stand out from healthy tissue and so can be detected by antibodies.
article_snippet.sent: The images above show how the microbeads (small white circles in bottom images) clump around cells (dotted lines) in samples that were found to be of high risk of cervical cancer
article_snippet.sent: By attaching specific antibodies to the beads, it is possible to make the beads bind to these molecules, meaning the beads will gather around a cancerous cell in a tissue or blood sample.
article_snippet.sent: A tissue sample taken from a biopsy or blood from a simple finger prick could be mixed with these labelled microbeads and then placed on a slide.
article_snippet.sent: The images above show how the diffraction patterns created by beads and cells change when the beads clump around a cell, highlighting cancerous cells (bottom) compared to a healthy cell (top)
highlights_snippet.sent: Technique uses microscopic beads that bind to diseased cells in samples .
  