A novel test for lung cancer uses inner cheek cells to identify the disease in high-risk patients. In a new study presented at CHEST 2005, the 71st annual international scientific assembly of the ...

The cells are obtained by cloning tissue lining the human cheek, a less invasive process than obtaining adult stem cells from bone marrow. The breakthrough offers long term hope for dealing with ...

if the tissue is uniform A high power diagram is then produced – a detailed image of a part of the slide. It is usually drawn to show a single cell, eg of a single cheek cell or onion cell.

This ability to affect cells far away from the source is called the "field effect" or "field of injury" effect and thus a simple cheek swab will reveal changes triggered by cancer cells in a ...

if the tissue is uniform A high-power drawing is then produced - a detailed image of a part of the slide. It is usually drawn to show a single cell, eg of a single cheek cell or onion cell.

Powerful new cells from cheek lining tissue, which could offer the answer to disorders of the immune system, have been identified by scientists. While the body's immune system protects against ...