Nuclear Matrix Protein
Nuclear Matrix Protein
Wonjun Yim, Hohyung Kang, Byung Ha Kang, Maeve E. McGinnis, Marco Machado, Xun Gong, Volodymyr Koman, Gabriel Sánchez-Velázquez, Xiaojia Jin, Zitang Wei, Mark A. Preston, Daniel A. Wollin, Michael S. Strano
MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
This image is part of a project developing a chemical imaging catheter for in-situ bladder cancer diagnostics. It shows a three-dimensional chemical image detecting Nuclear Matrix Protein 22 (NMP-22), an FDA-approved biomarker for bladder cancer. A standard medical catheter was transformed into an annular nanosensor array and internally probed with a rotating ball lens. The heat map represents fluorescence signals generated when nanosensors grafted onto the catheter surface selectively interact with protein efflux from cancer cells.
