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ucdavis.edu/people/laura-marcu">biophotonics is changing surgery, or should we try a different genre for your story?

To the naked eye, the tissue beneath the surgeon’s scalpel looked uniform—a sea of reds and pinks. But Dr. Elena Vance wasn't looking with her eyes alone. She was using a laser-induced probe, a "light-wand" developed by the Marcu Lab, to scan the invisible architecture of the cells. lauramarcuweb_0738.jpg

As she completed the final pass, the screen settled into a steady, warm amber glow. The light had told its story, and today, that story had a happy ending. ucdavis