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Cellular couriers: Body's 'delivery trucks' could lead to new cancer blood test

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A landmark study led by WEHI and La Trobe University has found a potential new diagnostic marker that could be used to better detect the level of tissue damage in our bodies.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small 'delivery trucks' released by our cells that deliver important materials to other cells to aid cellular communication.

This study revealed, for the first time, a link between levels of EVs in the blood and tissue damage caused by diseases such as leukaemia.

Researchers hope to leverage the critical new insight to develop a blood test to monitor cancer patients with tissue damage.

Georgia K. Atkin-Smith , Jascinta P. Santavanond , Amanda Light , Joel S. Rimes , Andre L. Samson , Jeremy Er , Joy Liu , Darryl N. Johnson , Mélanie Le Page , Pradeep Rajasekhar, Raymond K. H. Yip , Niall D. Geoghegan , Kelly L. Rogers , Catherine Chang , Vanessa L. Bryant , M. Cristina Keightley , Trevor J. Kilpatrick , Michele D. Binder and Erinna F. Lee .