Oncology & Cancer News and Features

Nanoscale alloys emit NIR light for medical applications

05/14/2013 Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated that nanometer-scale alloys possess the ability to emit light so bright they could have potenti...

A benefits-rich approach to bio-optics commercialization

05/13/2013

To my mind, the excitement of biophotonics research is surpassed only by its transfer to the larger world, where it can benefit humanity.

Two-photon excited fluorescence imaging is useful for identifying ovarian tumors in mice

05/08/2013 I work at the University of Arizona in the Tissue Optics Lab, led by Dr. Jennifer K. Barton. Our lab focuses on developing and using optical imaging methods ...

Study supports tissue fluorescence visualization technology for oral cancer detection

05/07/2013 Tissue fluorescence visualization technology developer LED Medical Diagnostics is part of a recent clinical study documenting the ability of the company's VE...

NEUROSURGERY/CANCER DETECTION/PROTEOMICS: Regulators approve optical systems for biomedicine

05/01/2013 Among recent regulatory approvals for bio-optics products are a second FDA 501(k) clearance for Monteris Medical's (Minneapolis, MN) MRI-guided laser ablatio...

INTRACELLULAR IMAGING/FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY: Cycled quantum-dot approach boosts capabilities for single-cell molecular profiling

05/01/2013 A simple, low-cost method for color-coding individual cells can illuminate 10 times as many biomarkers as is otherwise possible—and thus promises to allow mo...

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