An ultra-sensitive nano-chip for early cancer detection, ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, Barcelona, Spain

SPEDOC is a recently started (January 2010) research initiative financially supported by the European Comission's 7th research Framework programme. SPEDOC aims at combining the latest advances of nano-optics, optical manipulation and microfluidics with recent discoveries about Heat shock Proteins (HSP) to develop the precursor of future individualized cancer diagnosis and treatment follow-up devices.

SPEDOC counts with the collaborative participation of five research institutions and companies from France, Switzerland and Spain; Institute of Photonic Sciences, Universite de Bourgogne, Institut National de la Sante el de la Recherche Medicale, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne and Imagine Optic Spain S.L.

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