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A settled group of researchers at the Advanced Institute of Research and Training in Science and Technology (IINFACTS) in Penafiel, has developed a technology that allows you to diagnose various types of cancer in a few minutes.

The result of a job that lasted for the past two years is already in licensing phase with the Infarmed. – National Authority of Medicines and Health Products and will reach the market during the first half of this year

for Fernando Ferreira , coordinator of the research project, the new diagnostic kits will reduce the state’s investment in surveys and at the same time lessen the anxiety of users, who no longer have to wait days for the test results.

diagnostics can be performed remotely

the six researchers are linked to CESPU and even the Molecular Pathology and Immunology Institute University of Porto (IPATIMUP) and two years ago, who are working in IINFACTS, research center installed in Penafiel. There has been developed a new method of diagnosis, which has the great advantage of having a very fast processing. That is, an analysis still lasts days to be made shall be performed in minutes. “So far, samples were collected and these were sent to a laboratory for analysis. With this method, the sample is analyzed within minutes at the same place where it is harvested, “explains Fernando Ferreira. The research group coordinator dedicated to this project adds that “a pathologist can make a diagnosis with the user or the distance.” “The doctor can receive the results of the online analysis and, in the distance, making the diagnosis” he said.

Fast saves money and reduces anxiety of the user

at this time, the result of research done in Penafiel is in the licensing phase with the Infarmed and Fernando Ferreira believes the kit, which could be available in hospitals, health centers and clinics, will begin shipping yet in the first half of 2016. “a kit, which can only be used once, should have an approximate cost of 50 euros. There are cheaper tests but this method avoids investment in laboratories. In the end, means less investment, “he says.

Fernando Ferreira also stresses the fact that the rapid processing method developed in IINFACTS” reduce the suffering of the user “, which is know in a few minutes the result of the examination. “And, where necessary, allows the treatment to be started early on,” he says.

The kit in the licensing phase can be used in the diagnosis of all types of cancer in which the sample can be collected non-invasively.

Seniors county with free testing

the technology developed in IINFACTS is already be applied in the elderly Penafiel. A partnership between the research team and the Municipality of Penafiel led to all users of private institutions of social solidarity (IPSS’s) are the subject of a free diagnosis. “The CESPU provides human resources and the Municipality of Penafiel supports the cost of the kits,” says Fernando Ferreira. “The city of Penafiel will continue to support and invest in health. There are about two thousand people in Penafiel, initially, and for free, will benefit from this test, whose patented technology is unique in the world, “argues the president of the municipality, Antonino de Sousa.