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Nov 20, 2018

Lasers may help experts understand cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology, neuroscience

Scientists in Fife are investigating if tiny lasers could be used to better understand diseases such as cancer.

Using nano-technology, the St Andrews University experts created lasers small enough to fit inside live cells which can then be tracked.

With a diameter of a thousandth of a millimetre, the lasers can be inserted into neurons or immune cells.

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