随着科学技术突飞猛进的发展,人们不断的惊叹着曾经看似完全无关的事物都被神奇地连接到了一起。1775年,钢铁与化石燃料的结合产生了蒸汽机,直接推动了波澜壮阔的第一次工业革命;1901年,电磁波与金属的结合成就了无线电,让人们告别了“飞鸽传书”的年代;21世纪,互联网技术的飞速发展使其从电脑的虚拟世界来到了现实世界,与现实物品一道成就了物联网。
今天,在生命科学领域,复旦大学肿瘤医院肿瘤研究所的何祥火教授通过对外泌体(exosome)的环状RNA(CircularRNA,circRNA)测序,将外泌体,circRNA与肿瘤成功的联系到了一起,开创性的提出了外泌体的circRNA可以作为肿瘤诊断的生物标志物(Biomarker)的结论,为肿瘤诊断提供了新的发展方向。
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外泌体资讯网 外泌体环状RNA——癌症诊断标志物