Jellyfish cells can help in diagnosing cancer: Scientists
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Jellyfish cells can help in diagnosing cancer: Scientists
The research of scientists and health experts reveals that luminous cells from jellyfish can be used to diagnose cancers deep inside the body.The process uses the green fluorescent protein (GFP) enabling jellyfish to glow in the dark. Researchers have found it can be targeted at cancer cells, allowing them to be spotted using a special camera. We have developed is a process which involves inserting proteins derived from luminous jellyfish cells into human cancer cells. Then, when we illuminate the tissue, a special camera detects these proteins as they light up, indicating where the tumours are, a lead professor explained. A United States company is the only one which has so far designed and built a camera system which allows the jellyfish proteins to be seen with the desired resolution so deep in the body.
