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A new kind of eyewear helps doctors see what?

Answer: cancer cells

The system, developed at the Washington University School of Medicine, incorporates a near-infrared light source, a camera, a special imaging system in the glasses, and a molecular agent that targets cancer cells and makes them glow in the doctor's eyes. Such technology could reduce the likelihood that a second surgery would be needed for a cancer patient.

Colin wrote for Government Technology and Emergency Management from 2010 through most of 2016.