butterfly wings for biopsy sample imaging (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

butterfly wings for biopsy sample imaging

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UC San Diego researchers are using the light-manipulating micro- and nanostructures on Morpho butterfly wings to assess the level of fibrosis in cancer biopsy samples. 

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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