Recent Advances in Raman Spectroscopy for Cell Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few decades, the Raman spectroscopy technique has found increasing application in the field of biomedicine, especially as a point-of-care approach for early disease detection. Interestingly, recent reports have shown that Raman spectroscopy can aid in the diagnosis of cancer, infection and age-associated diseases, the outcome of surgery, etc. Furthermore, Raman spectroscopy has been utilized to follow disease progression and to assess treatment efficiency for personalized medicine. Raman spectroscopy is a promising tool for disease characterization and diagnosis; however, to bring this technique into routine clinical settings, a systematic understanding of the information delivered by the Raman spectra of the cells and Raman spectral markers into clinical biomarker is required. This Special Issue focuses on “Recent Advances in Raman Spectroscopy for Cell Imaging” to bring forth a collection of clinical applications of Raman spectroscopy for disease diagnosis with a focus on disease markers, cellular metabolites, and response towards invading pathogens.

Contributions of original research that focus on cellular imaging for diagnostics, drug–cell interaction, host–pathogen cellular responses, cellular metabolites, and other related material in the field of cell-based diagnostics are welcome.

Dr. Anuradha Ramoji
Dr. Hamideh Salehi
Dr. Jan Rueger
Guest Editors

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• Raman spectroscopy
• Infection
• Inflammation
• Immune system
• Blood
• Cells