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Swiping Out Cancer

Posted by michael on from the he's-dead-jim dept.

mhackarbie writes "Just read this article over on Wired about a cheap hand scanner which might be able to spot cancer tumors. It took only few seconds of reflection before I decided this could be the killer biotech app which is needed for the dot-bio boom everyone keeps predicting someday." We've mentioned this gizmo before.

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  1. Re:This is not biotech by robslimo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bullpuckey.

    Bio, a prefix meaning life/living organisms
    tech, short for technology.

    OK, we've got a handheld scanner that can be used to enhance/lengthen/improve a persons life. Seems like an application of techology to life/living organisms.

    Biotech it is.

  2. But it hasn't been peer reviewed! by PelagicArgosy · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Experts will remain cautious until a study on TRIMprob's abilities has been examined in a peer-reviewed medical journal."

    and from the earlier BBC article:
    "The results have yet to be accepted for publication in a major medical journal - and the device will not find favour in hospitals elsewhere until they are."

    This is the key point - without peer review, there's no way of verifying the claims of a company that is obviously in marketing mode.

    Searching Medline for "Tissue Resonance InterferoMeter Probe" or "TRIMprob" turned up ZERO matches. Without good evidence, there is no reason to take this seriously as other than marketing fluff.