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Barcodes check out prostate cancer

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An assay based on gold nanoparticles could detect recurrences of prostate cancer sooner than is possible with existing techniques.

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Figure 1: A bio-barcode assay for prostate specific antigen.

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  1. Stephen Hearty, Paul Leonard and Richard O'Kennedy are in the School of Biotechnology and Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland. stephen.hearty@dcu.ie; paul.leonard@dcu.ie; richard.okennedy@dcu.ie,

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Hearty, S., Leonard, P. & O'Kennedy, R. Barcodes check out prostate cancer. Nature Nanotech 5, 9–10 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.459

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