A new imaging technique can peer inside the fatty cargo of a tumor cell.
A team in the UK has found a new window into cancer, thanks to a novel imaging technique that allows them to take a detailed look at the fatty cargo inside a single tumor cell. The tech could make it easier to understand how different cancers respond to specific treatments, among many other insights.
They then worked with Sciex, producers of mass spectrometer devices, to develop a new mass spectrometry method that could break open those lipids, allowing the scientists to see their actual composition. The researchers found that different cancer cells could have vastly different lipid profiles. They were also able to reliably see how these lipids changed in response to their environment.
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