And when you think dee ass el arr are getting too trendy by youngsters that it makes them look like faggots, now scientists are also joining the wagon on carrying these oversize bulky cameras. But they’re doing it differently, for the name of Science. With the help of an Olympus E-330 a research doctor has manage to capture Cancer cells in photos, allowing the possibility of early detection for Cancer patients.

“The team captured images of cells with a small bundle of fiber-optic cables attached to a $400 Olympus E-330 camera. When imaging tissues, Richards-Kortum’s team applied a common fluorescent dye that caused cell nuclei in the samples to glow brightly when lighted with the tip of the fiber-optic bundle.”

Biomedical engineers from William Marsh Rice University, Houston, are able to use consumer-grade camera for diagnostic imaging. Though, cancerous and pre-cancerous cells are largely deformed enough to the stage that it can be easily spotted if compared to usual cells, and even be spotted on the camera’s LCD screen.

[Rice University via Gizmodo]