"Diagnostic tool for cancer detection. Effect of transition metal ions"
Cancer is globally ranked as the second top killer disease, and is the number one killer disease in Singapore. Tumor cells produce polyamines and/or proteins specific to the tumor cells, which are present in excess quantity in the body fluids, such as blood serum and urine, of cancer patients. Hence detecting these biomarkers in the body fluids would potentially improve cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment. In this project, the candidate will identify the materials system (transition metal ions and reagents) that can selectively bind with urine components and proteins specific to cancer in the urine. The objective of this project is to develop a procedure which is able to extract the protein from the urine for amino acid sequence analysis, thus identifying the biomarkers themselves.
sounds like a mountain of research work to be done, well at least i don't have to struggle with formulae or algorithms, or get stuck in the school lab cultivating cells. i hope.
RAHHHHHHHHHHH.
