New method makes 3D microscope imaging of human organs possible

Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have now demonstrated a method by which specific cell types in human organs can be studied with micron-level precision

Ulf Ahlgren, professor of molecular medicine at Umeå University, said: "This method may help to understand the relationship between cell changes and different disease conditions

What the researchers have done is to use 3D printed substrates to segment organs and use 3D technology to create tissue parts that are most suitable for optical imaging

This method allows us to create high-resolution 3D images of human organs of almost any size with micron-level accuracy (smaller than dust particles)

Researchers have used this method to study human pancreas

"In addition to using new methods to study diabetes, it can also improve the understanding of other pancreatic diseases, especially pancreatic cancer.

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