Live Tumor Assessment

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Measuring immunotherapy response in a live tumor

CybridScope assesses the live biopsy's viability, tumor content, and response to immunotherapy over time ex vivo using a set of assays and instruments. Our advanced imaging technology has the capability to unlock novel insights into the tumor microenvironment.

Assessing the tumor's response to immunotherapy

Our technology and world-class team put Elephas at the frontier of preserving the live, native tumor microenvironment from tumor tissues. Limited amounts of tumor tissue available from clinically relevant core needle biopsies present a challenge for ex vivo profiling that requires a unique solution. The amount of tissue from a biopsy is small and heterogeneous in content and cellularity. Our solution allows for assessment of immunotherapy response from the complete specimen to overcome challenges with heterogeneity. 

Our technology nondestructively measures data capture at multiple time points (i.e. over 48-72 hours) while maintaining the tumor microenvironment. Cytokine profiles and tumor content analysis informs the assessment of tumor response to immunotherapy.

Advanced Imaging Capabilities

Elephas is the only company to combine multiple advanced imaging techniques into one proprietary instrument. These tools have the capability to unlock novel insights into the tumor microenvironment.

Dynamic optical coherence microscopy (dOCM) is used for real-time, in-depth analysis of live tissue. With dOCM, the biological impact of drugs can be observed with speed and precision. This non-destructive technique generates high-resolution views of tissues, making it a useful tool for understanding viability over time ex vivo.

 

 

dOCM allows for rapid visualization of viability.

Multiphoton microscopy (MPM) enables deep tissue penetration with minimal disruption to live cells. This proprietary technology is crucial for observing intricate biological processes and evaluating drug efficacy within live tissue structures.

Multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (MP-FLIM) enables non-destructive longitudinal assessment of drug agents in intact tumor tissue without the use of disruptive probes, the Elephas approach is a label-free method to quantify the health of individual cells in biopsied tumor tissue.

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MPM: Two fields of view from the same tumor, demonstrating the heterogeneity inherent in tumors.

Cas-Green (detects apoptosis); CD8 (T cell); NAD(P)H (metabolism); SHG (extracellular matrix/collagen)

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