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Using Tattoo Ink To Detect Cancer Cells – Technology Networks
A team has developed novel imaging contrast agents using common dyes such as tattoo ink. When these dyes are attached to nanoparticles, they can illuminate cancers, allowing scientists to better differentiate between cancer cells and healthy cells.
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 with a lab at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, Cristina Zavaleta and her team recently developed new imaging contrast agents using common dyes such as tattoo ink and food dyes. When these dyes are attached to nanoparticles, they can illuminate cance…
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