Abstract: A cryogenic adsorption pump, system and method including adsorbent material contained in a first container, wherein the first container is cooled inside of a second container. The second container is filled with a cryogenic liquid to effectuate the cooling of the first container, creating a vacuum in the first container. A valve of the first container is opened, thereby allowing the vacuum to collect an air sample many times the volume of the first container, and allowing the adsorbent material to collect and contain airborne particles. The collected air and particles are retrieved and tested by heating the first container or allowing the first container to reach room temperature, and opening the first valve.

Abstract: A diagnostic technique for matching anti-cancer peptide drugs to the molecular profiles of individual cancer tumors, and a method using the technique for a patient-specific treatment of tumors in mammals. This strategy matches anti-cancer peptide drugs to the molecular profiles of individual tumors, and includes the development of two banks, both of which use the same targeting peptides. Targeting peptides are identified using biopsies or other tissue materials from multiple cancer patients and placed into two banks. For a bank of probes, targeting peptides are linked to a label such as a fluorescent or a radioisotope. For a bank of drugs, targeting peptides are linked to a cytotoxic peptide to form a “targeting peptide drug”. Peptide probes are used to establish molecular profiles of individual tumors. Based on these molecular profiles, a patient-specific combination of targeting drugs from the bank of peptide drugs is prepared and the patient is treated.