Nanopore technology with DNA computing easily detects microRNA patterns of lung cancer

Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) have developed a simple technique that allows detection of two independent microRNAs as an early diagnosis marker of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) , which is very aggressive. In this technique, they combined nanopore and DNA computing technologies as rapid and label-free detection. This method, therefore, could help to identify SCLC in the early stage.