Objective
The establishment of non-invasive markers for prenatal diagnosis and is a very important research goal. Current invasive procedures have (1) a significant risk of induced abortion (1-2%) or maternal injury and (2) considerable discomfort and psychological distress. The overall objective of this project is to exploit breakthroughs at the confluences of bio-, micro- and nano- technologies to create a low-cost non-invasive intelligent diagnosis system using a nanotechnology-based device for the isolation, enrichment and detection of foetal cells from maternal blood so as to facilitate non-invasive pre-natal diagnosis. Advances in molecular biology and biosensor technology and the integration of nanostructured functional components in macro and microsystems will facilitate the separation of foetal cells from maternal cells on the basis of cell size, deformability, surface chemistry, novel markers, and charge. Addressing health care requirements of the future of an individualised theranostic approach, the specific application that will be demonstrated will be the isolation of foetal cells with the platform technology being applicable to the isolation of early cancer cells as well as stem cells in peripheral blood. The proposed technology is highly ambitious in nature and meets the ADVENTURE requirements of being a visionary, far-reaching, multidisciplinary project, that contributes substantially to the state-of-the-art with novel technologies of immense impact, with potential applications in non-invasive prenatal diagnostics, cancer diagnostics and theranostics and isolation of stem cells, not to mention the second tier ofsimpler devices exploiting some of the proposed modules for POC diagnostics, environmental and food quality control monitoring. The proposed technology does not fall directly within the domains of research of the FP6 thematic priorities.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors biosensors
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine obstetrics fetal medicine
- medical and health sciences medical biotechnology cells technologies stem cells
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology
- natural sciences biological sciences molecular biology
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Programme(s)
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Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2003-NEST-A
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Funding Scheme
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Coordinator
TARRAGONA
Spain
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