New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumour imaging

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 08:42 in Health & Medicine

A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumours. Such tumours are associated with increased cancer aggressiveness and are particularly difficult to treat...

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