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Advanced OCT: Next-gen OCT for the esophagus

Having already revolutionized ophthalmology, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is about to be introduced to the field of gastroenterology.

Optogenetics tools address a growing range of applications

Optogenetics has already made a mark in basic research, and clinical applications such as sight restoration may not be far behind.

Multiple microscopy modes in a single sweep with supercontinuum white light

Lasers have been critical to the advancement on confocal microscopy, and the white light laser (WLL) offers particular advantages.

New cradle, app turn iPhone into handheld optical biosensor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a cradle and app for the iPhone that uses the phone's built-in camera and processing power as a biosensor.

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Biophotonics and Life Sciences News

Fast-Track Action Committee to guide National Photonics Initiative 06/19/2013 Washington, DC--In early May, even before the official launch of the National Photonics Initiative, the White House established a 120-day Fast-Track Action C...
	New lab working to develop new OCT technologies for retinal therapies 06/19/2013 The new Christian Doppler Ophthalmic Image Analysis (OPTIMA) laboratory at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna) in Austria is developing new opti...
	Photo-switchable molecules could lead to drugs controlled by light 06/18/2013 Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, both in Spain, have developed photo-switchable mo...
UK ophthalmic center demos 3D visualization technology during laser cataract surgery 06/17/2013 TrueVision 3D Surgical collaborated with eye surgeon Sheraz M. Daya, MD, FACP, FACS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth, founder of the Centre for Sight in England, to deliv...
	Laser tweezers manipulate protein nanocrystals 06/17/2013 Didcot, England--A new process for using laser tweezers developed at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC's) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ...
Small animal in vivo imaging market to reach $1.55B in 2017, says report 06/17/2013 The global small animal in vivo imaging market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.5% from 2012 to 2017, according to a new rep...
	'Nano-volcanoes' could serve as drug delivery mechanisms 06/14/2013 Researchers at North Carolina State University have created “nano-volcanoes” by shining various colors of light through a nanoscale “crystal ball” made of a ...

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Optical approaches facilitate life sciences advances

This collection of articles constitutes a review of optical tools that are expediting biomedical advances in disease diagn...

Improving fluorescence microscopy outcomes with thin-film interference filters

Enhanced sensitivity and specificity enables greater efficiency and effectiveness in fluorescence microscopy. This webcast will discuss an easy means of...