{"id":281925,"date":"2026-06-25T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/partnership-with-oxford-nanopore-technologies-will-support-development-of-rna-liquid-biopsy-for-cancer-early-detection\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:20:28","slug":"partnership-with-oxford-nanopore-technologies-will-support-development-of-rna-liquid-biopsy-for-cancer-early-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/partnership-with-oxford-nanopore-technologies-will-support-development-of-rna-liquid-biopsy-for-cancer-early-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies will support development of RNA liquid biopsy for cancer early detection\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies will support development of RNA liquid biopsy for cancer early detection\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/news.ucsc.edu\/2026\/06\/kim-lab-oxford-nanopore-liquid-biopsy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-25 16:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: news.ucsc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Esophageal cancer, which is cancer of the swallowing tube, has only a 22.2% five-year relative survival rate, but early detection and intervention can greatly improve outcomes. That\u2019s why Daniel Kim, an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is developing a technology for early detection called an RNA liquid biopsy that screens for cancer, and even abnormal \u201cprecancerous\u201d cells, using a simple blood draw.<\/p>\n

Now, Kim\u2019s lab has entered a research partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a leading company in DNA and RNA sequencing technology. Through this collaboration, Oxford Nanopore supports the development of Kim\u2019s RNA liquid biopsy technology, with the goal of improving diagnosis and helping identify more precise treatment options for esophageal and other cancers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur long-term goal is not only to detect cancer at the earliest stages, but also to detect these precancerous conditions at very early stages before they become cancerous, so that hopefully we can understand how to prevent cancer in the future,\u201d Kim said. \u201cWe are also working on establishing strategic partnerships with global pharmaceutical companies to discover novel\u00a0 drug targets for cancer interception\u2014preventing progression from precancerous conditions to cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novel early detection technology based on RNA and nanopore sequencing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Daniel Kim speaks at London Calling, Oxford Nanopore\u2019s flagship annual conference. <\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s research focuses on discovering cellular warning signs of cancer long before symptoms appear. In a recent preprint study, Kim and his collaborators Karen Miga at UC Santa Cruz and Rebecca Fitzgerald at the University of Cambridge showed that they can detect early esophageal cancer as well as a precancerous condition called Barrett\u2019s esophagus with their nanopore-based RNA liquid biopsy technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s approach to liquid biopsy is unique in that it looks for…<\/p>\n

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