{"id":142353,"date":"2021-09-08T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142353&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-09T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:41:38","slug":"kyudai-startup-announces-early-pancreatic-cancer-method","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyudai-startup-announces-early-pancreatic-cancer-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyudai Startup Announces Early Pancreatic Cancer Method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hirotsu Bio Science, a Kyushu University startup, discovered the possibility of detecting early pancreatic cancer with nematodes. The disease, which kills approximately 30,000 patients in Japan each year, has been called a silent killer as it often progresses without causing subjective symptoms. The new technology uses 1-millimeter-long nematodes that get attracted to the odor of urine of cancer patients. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASP9652GDP96PLBJ001.html?ref=gnp_digest\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hbio.jp\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/20210906_%E9%98%AA%E5%A4%A7%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hirotsu Bio Science<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pancreatic-cancer-method.jpg?resize=1024%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pancreatic-cancer-method.jpg?resize=1024%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pancreatic-cancer-method.jpg?resize=300%2C176&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pancreatic-cancer-method.jpg?resize=768%2C450&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pancreatic-cancer-method.jpg?w=1194&amp;ssl=1 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.n-nose.com\/lp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N-NOSE official web<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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