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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 ...
Liquid laser identifies and differentiates mutated DNA from healthy DNA by a single base

Liquid laser detects genes linked to cancer

02/01/2012

Using a liquid laser, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.

Wet AMD therapy study using fiber-optic light device yields positive results

01/30/2012 At the Retina Meeting 2012 held recently, Reid Schindler, MD, presented positive Phase I data from a human study assessing a new, minimally invasive device to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), which causes v...
The ArtiVasc 3D project team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen

Consortium forms to tackle artificial tissue generation

01/27/2012

Under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), a consortium of 16 European partners from industry and the research community are tackling artificial tissue generation for implants.

Plasmonic interferometer measures glucose in saliva, not blood

01/27/2012

Providence, RI--A new technique from researchers at Brown University can measure blood sugar levels by measuring glucose concentrations in saliva rather than blood.

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

A "how to" in probe selection by Mike Davidson

What are you wondering about fluorescent probes in advanced microscopy applications? Tomorrow you'll have the chance to ask an expert in the field.Join me and Mike Davidson, who heads the optical microscopy department of the Na... Read More

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