Cancer Inspection by Nematodes: Development of a Device for Practical Use
July 4, 2018, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's biomedical venture Hirotsu Bio Science CEO Takaaki Hirotsu (C) smiles with Hitachi's center for exploratory research general manager Shinji Yamada (L) and Hitachi's researcher Norihito Kuno (R) as they announced to develop N-NOSE cancer screening system using nematodes in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. N-NOSE (Nematodes-nose) system is based on chemotaxis of nematodes. Nematodes migrate towards the urine of cancer patients while move away from healthy people's urine. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) LWX -ytd-