A Kingston research team has developed a new brain cancer biopsy tool to help advance research in the field.

The first-of-its-kind 3D-printed surgical biopsy capsule was developed by neurosurgeons and a graduate student based at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and Queen’s University, and a media release from KHSC says that it’s the first innovation of its kind in the world.

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Neurosurgeon scientists and assistant professors, Dr. James Purzner and Dr. Teresa Purzner, enlisted the help of Queen’s engineering PhD candidate Kaytlin Andrews to design and patent the surgical biopsy capsule that is used to take small tissue samples from brain tumours.

The tool is proving to have “unprecedented precision” during surgical procedures and allows research teams to collect d

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