Indian-origin scientist develops new tool for cancer diagnosis
Rohit Bhargava, an IIT-Delhi graduate and now with University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has developed stainless staining that provides a new tool for clinicians and researchers for better diagnosis of cancer.
Till date, prepared biopsy samples are stained and examined under a light microscope.
Using infrared spectroscopic imaging for microscopy, Bhargava has reported the development of label-free chemical imaging to provide the same information as molecular stains.
Instead of using stains, the new method measures the chemical constitution of cells and tissues directly.