AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE FLUORESCENT POLYMER AND FLUORESCENT PROBE EMPLOYING SAME

摘要

With the goal of distinguishing between normal cells and pathological cells, such as cancer cells, by means of fluorescent imaging, there is provided a fluorescent probe having specificity to pathological cells. This probe employs a polymer having affinity to water, or having changeable affinity to water, wherein the polymer includes an amino acid derivative monomer as a monomer constituting the polymer, and has a fluorescent substance bonded thereto.