Using Tattoo Ink to Find Cancer

Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

The humble ink in a tattoo artist’s needle could be the key to improving the detection of cancer, thanks to new research from the USC Viterbi Department of Biomedical Engineering. WiSE Gabilan assistant professor in the department, Cristina Zavaleta and her team recently developed new imaging contrast agents using common dyes such as tattoo ink […]

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