New camera gives surgeons a butterfly's-eye view of cancer

New camera gives surgeons a butterfly's-eye view of cancer 04/11/2018 03:30 PM EDT Cancer lurking in tissue could be more easily found when looking through a butterfly's eye. Researchers at the University of Illinois and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a surgical camera inspired by the eye of the morpho butterfly. The camera sees infrared signals given off by tumor-binding dyes so that surgeons can find and remove all of the cancerous tissue. The camera was tested in mice and in human patients with breast cancer. Full story at https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/635360 Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111