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CNT: The Promising Breakthrough Erika Indrajaya, Quinta Febryani H, Robert Universitas Katolik Atma Jaya, Jakarta Indonesia Nanosensor is a new emerging technology in the medical sector, which will give clinicians the hope they have been waiting for to be able to help their patients in a more promising way. While it is still being developed, it has shown some tremendous abilities that are sparking the interest of a lot of people. It is claimed that nanosensor technology is able to monitor the condition of its surrounding tissue where it is put. It can detect if there is an inflammation or the presence of a certain microorganisms in the body. The best part of the discovery of this technology is its ability to be used for early diagnosis in the medical field. This is the advanced technology that clinicians have been waiting for, since until now, based on the statistics from 2012 there are 8.2 million cancer deaths worldwide and almost half of the colorectal cancer and cervical cancer cases are diagnosed at late stages, when treatment is more difficult and it will most likely to increase the mortality rate. Through this poster, we would like to introduce one of the many nanosensor technology discoveries that can be implemented in the medical field, that is Carbon Nano Tube (CNT). This tube is made out of carbon atoms shaped cylindrically with the amazing ability to catch micro sized molecules. And the world believes that this can be used to catch proteins that the cancer cell produced which cannot be detected in the past due to the lack of improvements from the former technique. With this promising encounter of atom sized technology, comes a huge prospect to develop this technology to a new level. This is, the promising breakthrough. Contact details of authors: 1. Erika Indrajaya +62 81 271 001379 indrajayaerika@gmail.com 2. Quinta Febryani H +62 81 949 633654 quinta.fh@hotmail.com 3. Robert +62 87 868 588388 robert_shen09@yahoo.com