Patrizia Paterlini-Brechot's Biography

Patrizia Paterlini-Brechot, Professor of Oncology/Molecular Biology, University Paris Descartes

Patrizia Paterlini-Brechot, MD, PhD, is Oncologist, Hematologist and Molecular Biologist. She is a Professor of Oncology/Molecular Biology at Paris Descartes University- Necker Hospital, with a triple task of research leader, academic teacher and hospital practitioner. Prof. Paterlini-Brechot developed and patented with her team the method ISET (Isolation by SizE of Tumor/Trophoblastic cells) allowing the sensitive isolation from blood of intact circulating tumor and fetal cells without loss and without the use of antibodies, now recognized as a breakthrough in the fields of predictive oncology and non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. ISET has been proven to allow early detection of tumor invasion as a way to diagnose invasive cancers before imaging. The same ISET approach, followed by single cell molecular analyses, has been proven to provide non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of recessive disorders like cystic fibrosis and spinal muscular atrophy and is potentially valid for all types of genetic disorders.