---
title: "Nanoparticles That Enable Both MRI And Fluorescent Imaging Could Monitor Cancer And Other Diseases"
description: "MIT chemists have developed new nanoparticles that can simultaneously perform magnetic resonance imaging and fluorescent imaging in living animals to monitor a number of diseases"
date: "2014-11-18"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Christine Doan"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/christine_doan"
url: "https://futurism.com/nanoparticles-enable-mri-fluorescent-imaging-monitor-cancer-diseases"
categories:
  - "Cancer"
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Health & Medicine"
  - "Medical"
  - "Nanotech"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "nanotech"
---

# Nanoparticles That Enable Both MRI And Fluorescent Imaging Could Monitor Cancer And Other Diseases

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- The nanoparticles could help scientists track specific molecules produced in the body or monitor a tumor's environment
- Future versions of the particles could be designed to detect reactive oxygen species that often correlate with disease
- The particles can be assembled from building blocks made of polymer chains carrying either an organic MRI contrast agent called a nitroxide or a fluorescent molecule