Polymer Coating Aids Cancer Detection

Australian scientists have developed a polymer coating that can test for bladder cancer more simply and much cheaper than current invasive techniques. Professor Krasi Vasilev, from the University of South Australia’s Future Industries Institute, told Plastics News his team was researching antibiotic properties of polyoxazoline-based polymers and discovered a polymeric compound that will bind to cancer-specific antibodies in urine.

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