Microscopes used to watch cells eating glucose inside transparent live zebrafish embryos, aids to diagnose cancer.

‘Detecting multiple metabolites simultaneously through microscopes is a vital advance to understand the metabolism of diseased cells and to develop better therapies.’
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The team says their approach could easily be adapted to look at other molecules that are important for health and disease. Read More..





All cells rely on glucose and other molecules for their survival. If a cell's eating habits change, it can be a warning sign of disease.
Researchers say the new technology could help detect tiny changes in cells' eating habits inside the body's tissues, making it easier to spot diseases sooner.
Doctors could also use the technology to monitor how patients are responding to treatment, by tracking the molecules that are eaten by healthy and diseased cells.
The study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, was funded by Medical Research Scotland, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the European Research Council. The Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust also provided funding.
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"This is a very important advance to understand the metabolism of diseased cells and we hope it will help develop better therapies.
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Source-Eurekalert