NTU professors invent new method of identifying tumours in the body
Associate Professors Zhang Qichun (left) and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells. -- PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Singapore- Associate professors Zhang Qichun and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells.
The method involves the use of a biomarker made from a particle ten thousand times smaller than a grain of sand, and lights up when it is activated by near-infrared light emitted by an imaging device.
This happens only when small signalling molecules are released by tumour cells, NTU said on Wednesday.
Near-infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, is unique as most imaging techniques use ultraviolet light or visible light.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
Associate Professors Zhang Qichun (left) and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells. -- PHOTO: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Singapore- Associate professors Zhang Qichun and Joachim Loo from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new way of detecting tumour cells, and administering anti-cancer drugs to those specific cells.
The method involves the use of a biomarker made from a particle ten thousand times smaller than a grain of sand, and lights up when it is activated by near-infrared light emitted by an imaging device.
This happens only when small signalling molecules are released by tumour cells, NTU said on Wednesday.
Near-infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, is unique as most imaging techniques use ultraviolet light or visible light.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
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