Book of Abstracts

Page 7 The challenges of sample size in liquid biopsy Matthew Owens BioCaptiva Dr Matthew Owens is the Lead Scientist with BioCaptiva, a medical device manufacturer working to resolve the common challenge of low cfDNA inputs in liquid biopsy. Dr Owens is the originator of the msX™ polymer technology for the recovery of DNA directly from biological fluids.This has been applied in their BioCaptis™ device for the recovery of cfDNA directly from circulating plasma as part of an apheresis circuit, which is shortly commencing first-in-human trials. Dr Owens has a background in biomaterial research, completing his PhD in high throughput biomedical polymer discovery at the University of Edinburgh in 2016.

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