Warwick Student’s Research Makes Cancer Test 1000x More Detailed

The thesis project of a University of Warwick undergraduate, Hayley Simon, has led to the development of a test which can identify cancer and diabetes biomarkers 1000x more detailed and 100% faster than the methods currently in use. The O’Connor Research Group at the University of Warwick was at the forefront of this research as the group discovered that a large protein called collagen can be analysed in far greater detail when using 2D Mass Spectrometry (2DMS), a new method used in Proteomics, the large-scale study of the structure and function of proteins.
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