Medikit

February 27, 2018

Using liquid biopsies to study cancer dynamics and drug resistance

Alessandro Romanel, Assistant Professor @ Centre of Integrative Biology (CIBIO)

A liquid biopsy is a test done on a sample of blood to look for cancer cells or for pieces of DNA from tumor cells that are circulating in the blood. In this talk I will introduce the notion of liquid biopsy and report how a minimally invasive blood test can be developed using next-generation sequencing technology on circulating tumor DNA obtained from plasma. I will also show the capacity of this test to interrogate for disease evolution and identify genomic aberrations that emerge with drug resistance.

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Reinventing physical therapy and rehabilitation

David Tacconi, Co-founder @ CoRehab

This talk will present the adventure of building a medical device that wants to revolutionize the way physical therapy is performed around the world, by using wearable sensors and innovative software that meet the requirements of patients and healthcare professionals around the world.

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