Cancer treatment breakthrough as glowing dye clings to cells

To say that cancer is devilishly difficult to treat is the understatement of the century: malignant cells grow in an uncontrolled way and can spread to distant parts of the body before they are even detected. However, this detection system has now been given a major upgrade thanks to scientists at the University of Oxford who have developed a glowing dye that clings to cancer cells. The dye, which has been developed for prostate cancer but could be adapted to …