Fluorescent nanotubes used for imaging of internal organs
An enhanced color image of fluorescence from single-walled carbon nanotubes (right) shows internal organs of a mouse next to a reference illustration (left) (Image: PNAS)
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Mice are frequently used as lab models when testing new drugs, and fluorescent dyes are sometimes injected into their bodies so that researchers can better see how those drugs are progressing through their systems. Unfortunately, the pictures obtained in this process start to become murky when imaging anything more than a few millimeters beneath the skin. Scientists from Stanford University have now devised a system that utilizes fluorescent carbon nanotubes to produce clear color images of organs that are located centimeters within a mouse's body.
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