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Cat Veterinary Center Invests in Advanced Endoscopy Equipment

A Las Vegas cat veterinary medical center, All About Cats Veterinary Hospital has recently invested in an advanced endoscopic technology for more accurate diagnosis of common felines issues.

21 Aug 2012

Photonic-Plasmonic Microcavity Can Detect Proteins at Unprecedentedly Low Concentrations

Measuring proteins in real-time down to fM solution concentration
levels, corresponding to only a few thousand of protein molecules, has
been demonstrated for the first time using a hybrid photonic-plasmonic
Whispering Gallery Mode biosensor. Its unprecedented sensitivity is due
to optical trapping of proteins at highly sensitive plasmonic hotspots.

17 Aug 2012

Radioactively Labeled Nanobody Helps Visualize Macrophages in Tumors

Researchers have developed a novel technique for reducing the radiation dosage to destroy cancerous cells. Radiotherapy is a standard treatment for cancer. Radiotherapists apply varied doses depending on the severity of the tumor. Often, they have to apply very high doses to the whole tumor for effective treatment. This may cause side effects in the patients.

3 Aug 2012

Resolve Optics Delivers Custom Lens to Consolite Forensics

Resolve Optics has delivered UK-based Consolite Forensics with a novel custom lens for improving the efficiency of the company’s Cartridge Electrostatic Recovery and Analysis (CERA) system. The revolutionary CERA technology enables extraction of fingerprints from discharged cartridge cases, which was previously not clearly visible by any other technique.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 25 Jul 2012

Researchers Devise New Laser Technique to Non-Invasively Destroy Cancerous Tumors

A research team comprising Christian Parigger and Jacqueline Johnson from the Center for Laser Applications at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma together with Robert Splinter of Splinter Consultants has devised a laser technology that identifies, maps, and non-invasively destroys cancerous tumors.

25 Jul 2012

Olympus to Hold Siginificant Life Science Product Launch at EMC 2012

The new line of systems being introduced by Olympus in September will be the company’s most significant life science product launch in the last few years. The microscopes in question contain several novel design features not seen on any other frame to date, and are expected to open up new research applications.

12 Jul 2012

SpectraScience Starts Shipping WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to PENTAX

SpectraScience, a San Diego-based company that produces medical devices, has started shipping its WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to a major manufacturer of minimally invasive surgical devices, PENTAX Europe under the five-year distribution agreement reported earlier this month.

2 Jul 2012

European Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Market to Reach $1 Billion by 2016

The European gastrointestinal endoscopy market will experience a significant growth in view of increasing number of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, and thus could drive this market to achieve $1 billion by 2016, according to Millennium Research Group (MRG), a global authority on medical technology market intelligence.

22 Jun 2012

Solos Endoscopy to Expand and Market MammoView Breast Endoscopy Components

Solos Endoscopy, a HealthCare instrument company, has announced its plans to expand its MammoView Breast Endoscopy product line and also intends to market its product, MammoView breast endoscopy components to the hospitals both in local and international markets via direct sales channels.

22 Jun 2012

Leica Integrates Power Image Analysis Capabilities into Their Pathology Solution

Leica Microsystems, world-leading provider of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Indica Labs, developing excellence in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announce the integration of Indica Labs’ advanced image analysis algorithm portfolio into Leica Microsystems digital pathology solution.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 22 Jun 2012