A new probe for imaging brain tumours could offer increased hope for cancer patients, say Chinese chemists.
Cong Li, at Fudan University, Shanghai, and colleagues have made a dendrimer-based nanoprobe called Den-Angio that can cross the blood-brain barrier. It can be used in the magnetic resonance imaging of brain tumours and should make it easier for doctors to distinguish cancerous tissue from healthy cells when cutting out the tumour.
To find out more, read Li’s ChemComm communication.
