{"id":233931,"date":"2026-03-24T00:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/hair-thin-fiber-optic-sensors-could-detect-cancer-by-reading-multiple-biomarkers"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T05:03:50","slug":"hair-thin-fiber-optic-sensors-could-detect-cancer-by-reading-multiple-biomarkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/hair-thin-fiber-optic-sensors-could-detect-cancer-by-reading-multiple-biomarkers","title":{"rendered":"Hair-thin fiber-optic sensors could detect cancer by reading multiple biomarkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/hair-thin-fiber-optic-sensors-could-detect-cancer-by-reading-multiple-biomarkers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microscopic sensors that are as thin as a strand of hair but capable of taking multiple measurements simultaneously could revolutionize the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases like cancer. Researchers from Adelaide University\u2019s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and the University of Stuttgart in Germany worked together to develop the tiny sensors using state-of-the-art, ultrafast 3D micro-printing technology.<\/p>\n<p>The unique sensors target specific biomarkers and are printed directly onto the tip of optical fibers. They\u2019re able to monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-08-ultracompact-fiber-sensor-high-sensitivity.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\" target=\"_blank\">several signals<\/a> at the same time, including temperature and chemical changes. The paper is <a href=\"https:\/\/advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adom.70992\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Advanced Optical Materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis breakthrough could lead to next-generation medical tools that track disease, guide treatment and monitor the body in real time,\u201d said Associate Professor Shahraam Afshar, the project\u2019s lead researcher from Adelaide University\u2019s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microscopic sensors that are as thin as a strand of hair but capable of taking multiple measurements simultaneously could revolutionize the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases like cancer. Researchers from Adelaide University\u2019s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing and the University of Stuttgart in Germany worked together to develop the tiny sensors using state-of-the-art, ultrafast [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}