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Mapping Lipid Rewiring During Drug-Induced Cell Death

Fiber-based imaging platform reveals nanoscale heterogeneity and drug-specific metabolic fingerprints in cancer cells

  • March 31, 2026

  • 2 min

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    Developed an MSI platform for single-cell lipid metabolism imaging.

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    Achieves ~800 nm spatial resolution.

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    Combines MSI with microscopy and LC-MS.

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    Analyzed HeLa and HepG2 cells under anticancer agents.

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    Observed distinct lipid fingerprints during apoptosis.

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    Shows potential in drug development and precision medicine.

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    Platform successfully imaged lipid distributions in mouse brain tissue.

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Mapping Lipid Rewiring During Drug-Induced Cell Death

  • March 31, 2026

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