Diamonds are valued not only for their beauty, but also for their unique luminescent properties, at least among
“We think of diamonds as dyes.They are also biocompatible, ”explains Elke Hebisch, female researcher in solid state physics at Lund University. Together with Professor Christelle Prinz, she "injected" fluorescent nanosized diamonds into living cells.
As a researcher, having such a reporterinside the cell provides many benefits: gaining new knowledge about the cell, as well as observing what is happening inside the cell over time. Understanding these processes is especially important. Yes, scientists have the ability to take pictures of, for example, proteins in a cell. But changes are difficult to track.
Successful introduction of nanodiamonds into living cellswill allow scientists to separate healthy cells from diseased ones and study the proteins inside a particular cell. The knowledge gained can be used to understand diseases and develop new drugs.
Other researchers have previously tried to do the same, but then the diamonds were taken care of by "purifiers" of the cell - lysosomes, which quickly encapsulated a foreign substance.
The same technique could eventually be used to transport other molecules to reshape cells or heal sick people.
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