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News & Analysis 2008 p17:

• Duke researchers claim first recording of blood vessel development during organ formation
  June 9, 2008 -- Cell biologists at Duke Medical Center (Durham, NC) say they have glimpsed the formation of blood vessels during embryonic organ development -- with the help of fluorescence and time-lapse 3-D microscopy. The research team says it has found a previously unknown mechanism that may help scientists better understand how tumors establish their blood supplies.
• Erchonia's "fat zapping" low-level laser provides alternative to liposuction
  June 6, 2008—Erchonia Medical has launched Zerona, a low-level laser designed to remove fat and contour the body without invasive surgery; and this week Channel 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio highlighted it on the evening news. The TV report quotes a doctor from Cincinnati's Dermatology Laser & Vein Center: "it melts fat and it stimulates the fat cells to weaken their cell walls, and the fat just kind of leaks out of the cells and your lymphatics actually gets rid of it."
• Nikon's new imaging center at Northwestern U key for live-cell biomedical research
  June 5, 2008—Nikon Instruments Inc. and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine have announced the opening of a collaborative core microscopy imaging center. The Northwestern Nikon Imaging Center is equipped with the latest technology in light microscopy imaging systems and will be instrumental for live-cell biomedical research.
• Zecotek's green fiber laser passes U.S. National Institute of Health tests
  June 4, 2008—Zecotek Photonics Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.; TSX VENTURE: ZMS, FRANKFURT: W1I) says that the National Cancer Institute recently conducted tests on its proprietary Green Fiber Laser (GFL-550) in flow cytometry applications. The results concluded that the GFL-550 successfully met all of the NCI's performance specifications, notably emitting at a wavelength of 550nm.
• Axsun, LightLab make exclusive agreement for cardiac OCT
  June 3, 2008 -- Axsun Technologies Inc. (Billerica, Mass.), which develops and manufactures advanced photonic components and subsystems, has entered into a multi-million dollar volume purchasing agreement with LightLab Imaging (Westford, Mass.), manufacturer of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) for cardiac imaging and other applications. Under this multi-year exclusive agreement, Axsun will provide advanced tunable lasers for Lightlab's next-generation OCT cardiac imaging system.
• FDA clears Lutronic's Spectra VRM III for dermatological, aesthetic treatments
  June 2, 2008 -- Lutronic has received FDA clearance to market its Spectra VRM III. This dual pulse Q-Switched Nd:Yag laser produces 4 wavelengths (1064 nm, 532 nm, 585 nm, 650 nm) in Q-switched nanosecond pulse. It is designed to treat a wide array of dermatological and aesthetic conditions, including dermal and epidermal pigmented lesions, multicolor tattoos, melasma, and active acne.
• InfraReDx reports first patient use of LipiScan Coronary Imaging System
  June 2, 2008 -- InfraReDx Inc.'s LipiScan system, recently cleared by the FDA to identify the lipid core (fatty) plaques associated with complications of coronary stenting, was used for the first time by doctors at Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, Mich.) to assess the chemical composition of coronary plaques in a patient undergoing cardiac catheterization.
• Alma Lasers' Harmony(XL) multi-application system gets thumbs up from FDA
  May 30, 2008 -- Alma Lasers Ltd. has received FDA clearance for its Harmony(XL), a new laser/light platform that can be used to treat more than 60 common aesthetic indications and applications. Alma says the Harmony(XL) is the first medical/aesthetic tool to combine lasers, pulsed light, near-infrared, LED and UVB technologies with multiple exchangeable handpieces -- and thus it is comprehensive and highly versatile.
• Benchtop LC-MS system enables compound screening, ID for life sciences work
  May 30, 2008 The new Thermo Scientific Exactive, a benchtop LC-MS system, shows promise for challenging new applications. The system, which Thermo Fisher Scientific says is "a real breakthrough," promises to be fast, easy-to-use, and cost effective for non-experts in routine analytical laboratories.
• Laboratory "optical pacemaker" demonstrated in Japan
  May 28, 2008 -- An article published today in Optics Express, the Optical Society's open-access journal, describes "the world's first optical pacemaker," developed in Japan. In the article, scientists from Osaka University explain how powerful, but very short, laser pulses can help control the beating of heart muscle cells.

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