Handheld Probe Detects Cancer Cells in Brain
Raman spectroscopy probe (McGill University)
Science & Enterprise, February 12, 2015
Medical and engineering researchers at McGill University and Polytechnique Montréal developed a technique using a handheld probe that enables surgeons to find elusive cancer cells in the brain. The team led by McGill’s Kevin Petrecca and Polytechnique Montréal’s Frederic Leblond reported their findings yesterday in the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required).