Fluorescent Nanotubes Illuminate the Inner Workings of Laboratory Mice
Developing drugs to combat or cure human disease often involves a phase of testing with mice, so being able to peer clearly into a living mouse’s innards has real value. But with the fluorescent dyes currently used to image the interior of laboratory mice, the view becomes murky a few millimeters under the skin. Now, however, a team of investigators from Stanford University has developed an improved imaging method using fluorescent carbon nanotubes that create color images centimeters beneath the skin with far more clarity than conventional dyes provide. The researchers published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Fluorescent Nanotubes Illuminate the Inner Workings of Laboratory Mice
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