Glowing dye that clings to cancer cells gives doctors ‘second pair of eyes’
by Jane Kirby
Jun 10, 2024
3 minutes
A glowing dye that clings to cancer cells gives surgeons a “second pair of eyes” to eradicate the disease, University of Oxford experts have found.
The dye, which has been developed for prostate cancer but could be adapted to other forms of the disease, shows up areas of cancerous tissue not picked up by the naked eye during surgery.
This allows doctors to remove far more of the cancer in real-time, and slashes the
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