Latest microscopy technique promises fast detection of cancer cells
The latest microscopy technique provides colour maps of cancerous tissue

Microscopy & microtechniques

Latest microscopy technique promises fast detection of cancer cells

29 Nov, 2010

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Detecting cancer cells could become much faster with the latest microscopy technique to be developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Scientists at the educational institution have been working with the latest microscopy technology to create new methods of tissue imaging.

They have developed non-linear interferometric vibrational imaging (NIVI), which works by locking on to the unique vibrational signature of molecules.

By resonating a tissue sample, NIVI can yield a colour map of the cells which highlights potentially cancerous areas in red.

Stephen A Boppart, professor and physician at the institution, says: "We want to make the process of medical diagnostics more quantitative and more rapid."

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign counts astronauts, Olympic medallists, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners among its alumni.

Its aims include a pledge to benefit its state, nation and planet by addressing the needs of society through its student programmes and knowledge creation.

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