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'Camera in a pill' endoscopy gains increasing acceptance

02/09/2012 Novel devices such as capsule endoscopes have enabled the gastrointestinal device market to grow to $14.6 billion in 2011, according to a recent study, The World Market for Gastrointestinal Devices, published by healthcare mark...

Combo laser therapies boost melasma treatment, tattoo removal

02/08/2012 Dermatologists are discovering new laser therapies that improve treatment for melasma (a skin disease that causes overproduction of melanin) and remove tattoos more safely and effectively than laser procedures used in the past.

89 North pumped-phosphor light engine garners award

02/07/2012

Falling on the heels of three years in business, 89 North has won a 2011 Prism Award in the Life Sciences and Biophotonics category for one of their recently launched products.

Grant supports use of adaptive optics to study eye disease

02/06/2012

The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $250,000, four-year career development grant from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) to support research of diseases that impact the retina and the optic nerve.

Microscopy method promising for neuroscience, regenerative medicine

02/03/2012

Nanotronics Imaging, which provides nano-inspection for semiconductors, will apply its microscopy inspection method to neuroscience, regenerative medicine, and other life science fields.

C’sar, a 38-year-old African elephant residing at the North Carolina Zoo, receives cataract surgery using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT)

Cataract surgery performed on elephant using SD-OCT

02/02/2012 Marking the first time that a spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging system has ever been used on an elephant, veterinarians performed the surgical removal of a cataract from C’sar, a 38-year-old African ...

BioOptics Worldview

BiOS 2012: Nothing uncertain about business in biophotonics

The Biomedical Optics Symposium (BiOS) of Photonics West 2012 opened yesterday. The number of papers has held steady from last year at about 1800--which James Fujimoto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Rox Anderson (M... Read More

Photonics West 2012: DLP technology finds more application in bio

At Photonics West 2012 (San Francisco, CA) I made sure to stop by Texas Instruments' (TI; Dallas, TX) booth, as the company is finding more ways to apply its proprietary Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology--which was originally used in some TVs and vi... Read More

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Two-photon microscopy: How, why and what

This webcast, presented by John Girkin, director of the Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University (UK) discusses the unique advantages of multip...

Key Secrets of Biospectroscopy

The discussion will explore key spectroscopic methods (including Raman, near infrared, and more) and technologies involved in detecting cellular and sub...

Frontiers in Confocal Microscopy-Deep Imaging, Vibrational Microscopy and High Content Screening Automation

We have invited three renowned researchers, Prof. E. O. Potma to introduce parts of his research and the latest developments of the CARS technique, Jacc...

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