The object
Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot invented ISET, a filtration device for isolating circulating tumour cells from blood samples. The physical laboratory apparatus separates rare cells by size, supporting less invasive cancer detection and monitoring workflows than tissue biopsy alone.
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What Patrizia did
Invented the ISET filtration device and method for isolating circulating tumour cells from blood.
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Why it matters
ISET supplied a tangible blood-filtration approach for recovering rare circulating tumour cells for downstream analysis.
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Living-status check
The European Parliament's 4 November 2025 hearing programme lists Paterlini-Bréchot as a speaker and explicitly identifies her as developer of ISET blood filtration.