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Microscale hydrogel fibers could enable imaging inside tiny tissue structures
- June 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Researchers have developed light-transmitting hydrogel fibers that are just hundreds of micrometers in diameter. With further development, these soft fibers could one day make it possible to use imaging techniques to detect early breast cancer hidden inside very small breast ducts.
Originally published at Phys.org