Lasers Embedded Inside Cells to Help Track Spread of Cancer | Medgadget
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The field of medicine sees advances in miniaturization on a regular basis, but now we’re almost shocked by the fact that researchers at the University of St Andrews in the UK managed to introduce microscopic lasers into the interior of live cells. While at first it might seem as practical as attaching lasers to sharks’ heads, the technology actually has great potential in biomedical applications for tracking individual cell movements within a living body.