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Cancer Cell Killers Revealed by Laser Microscopy

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MANCHESTER, England, April 24, 2013 — A laser-based microscope video imaging technique has revealed why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells. The findings could revolutionize the design of future cancer treatments. Using high-quality video imaging, researchers from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) captured the process in which rituximab — a drug widely used to treat B cell malignancies such as lymphoma, leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis — binds to a diseased cell, then attracts white blood cells known as natural killer cells to attack. The...Read full article

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    laser microscopy
    Technique using functional optical microscope with the addition of a coherent source collinear with the image path. The laser light is intended to scan the sampled plane and acquire information from fluorescence of the observed ample. Confocal laser microscopy uses this technique.
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