Discovery of exosomes as gastric cancer biomarkers from conditioned cell culture media.

• Main Author: Low, Su Jun.
• Other Authors: Sze Siu Kwan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biosensors
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45271
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, largely due to frequent late diagnosis of the disease, since there are few efficient screening tests that can detect gastric cancer in its early stages. Exosomes are microvesicles, which contain various proteins, and have...