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PROTEOMICS/CELL BIOLOGY: In-vivo polarized fluorescence microscopy technique reveals protein arrangement
05/01/2011
A technique based on the unique properties of polarized light has enabled scientists at Rockefeller University (New York, NY) to determine the orientation of specific proteins within cells and to make important new discoveries ...
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FLUORESCENCE IMAGING/ IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY: Fluorescence-guided imaging improves procedures at NYU Langone
05/01/2011
NYU Langone Medical Center launched a new era in March after completing its first surgery using a new near-infrared fluorescence imaging guided system available on the da Vinci Si Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical).
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NEUROSCIENCE/CELL BIOLOGY: Control of calcium ions by infrared pulsing promising for treatment
05/01/2011
In work that could improve treatments for hearing and vision loss-and lead to devices to help maintain balance, treat movement disorders like Parkinson's, and enable development of optical pacemakers-scientists at the Universit...
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Protein inhibitor may yield low-cost topical treatment for HPV
04/26/2011
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have developed a protein-based inhibitor—using circular dichroism spectroscopy to test its structure and stability—that could lead to a low-cost topical treatment f...
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Polarized microscopy technique shows protein relation in living cells
04/21/2011
A polarized light technique developed by Rockefeller University scientists uses properties that can help to figure out the orientation of specific proteins within a cell. |
Optical imaging IDs mechanism of long-term memory
04/19/2011
Using an optical imaging technique, scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have identified an increase in chemical influx into a specific set of neurons in the common fruit fly that is fundamental to long-term memory.
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Adaptive optics, intraocular implant preserve photoreceptors in retinal degenerative disease
04/18/2011
An Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) system—developed by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and University of California, Berkeley—has proven an intraocular implant able ...
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Flow cytometry method tracks viral infections, aids antiviral drug development
04/15/2011
Scientists demonstrated—for the first time—that the combination of locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes with a flow cytometry-fluorescence in situ hybridization (LNA-flow-FISH) method can be used to quantify viral RNA i...
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Magellan Biosciences, Bruker form drug resistance microbiology tools agreement
04/14/2011
An agreement to deliver microbial identification from cultures using Bruker's MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer-based proteomic fingerprinting, along with Magellan's TREK susceptibility tests to clinical, research and veterinary labo...
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Nanocarrier development to treat inflammatory bowel disease in the works
04/12/2011
A nanocarrier-based approach involving optical fluorescence to improve inflammatory bowel disease treatment is in the works by CEA-Leti and seven partners in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. |
Deisseroth honored for work using optogenetics
04/11/2011
Karl Deisseroth, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry at Stanford University, has earned recognition for his work in developing and using optogenetic approaches to study how neurons function. |
LensAR laser system cleared by FDA for cataract surgery procedures
04/09/2011
LensAR has now earned U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its LensAR Laser System for anterior capsulotomy and lens fragmentation during cataract surgery. |
Researchers ID molecules that speed cancer metastasis
04/08/2011
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified two molecules that enable cancer to spread inside the body—a process known as metastasis. |
Multiphoton microscopy enables insights that promise regenerative medicine treatment for blindness
04/07/2011
Seeking insight into organogenesis, researchers in Japan have demonstrated that mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are able to differentiate and assemble into an optic cup—and then give rise to a tissue exhibiting the stra...
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VisualSonics photoacoustic imaging technology makes headway in cancer research
04/04/2011
VisualSonics Inc. recently launched its Vevo LAZR photoacoustic imaging system, which enables preclinical researchers to visualize structural, molecular and functional attributes of tumors simultaneously. |
