Your Contact persons for participation in the study (blood donation):
Dr. Bianca Höfelschweiger
Telefon: 089.4400.59250
Scientific Project leader and the contact for scientific enquiries:
Mihaela Žigman, Dr. rer. nat.
Email: mihaela.zigman @ mpq.mpg.de
The project Lasers4Life (L4L) is an interdisciplinary research project in which physicists, mathematicians and bioscientists at Ludwig‐Maximilians University (LMU) Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, in collaboration with leading clinical institutions, are engaged in developing a novel analytical method for the early diagnosis of cancer. The idea for the project comes from the field of laser physics, and is based on the latest insights and advances in laser-based technologies.
The primary goal of the Lasers4Life project is to detect cancers at an early stage (in which they can be effectively treated) by means of a novel, non-invasive, laser-based spectroscopic method.
The longer-term goal is to use the method to classify the type of cancer concerned as accurately as possible, so that the best available therapies can be employed to eliminate it. In addition, we hope that the method can serve as a tool to monitor the effects of therapies, thus enabling clinicians to quickly determine whether the patient responds to the treatment selected, and detect any recurrence of the disease.
