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Applied Imaging Announces Collaboration With the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 26-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applied Imaging Corp. and the University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine, today announced a collaboration between Applied Imaging's wholly-owned subsidiary, CTC, Inc. (CTC) and UVM to further develop and clinically validate proprietary technology to detect, quantify and characterize circulating tumor cells in the blood of cancer patients. David Krag, M.D., S.D. Ireland Professor of Surgical Oncology, will lead the program at UVM.

Tumor cells are known to be shed from cancerous tumors (including breast, ovarian, colorectal, prostate and lung cancers) into the blood. These cells contain critical information about the status and progression of the disease. With an initial focus on breast cancer, CTC is developing a system for detecting...

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