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New Way to Diagnose Skin Cancer

Although a number of novel imaging techniques have become available, there is still no gold standard for skin cancer imaging.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 7 Mar 2012

Redesigned Lens Suits the Needs of Those Involved with Brain Research

The completely redesigned plan-apochromatic 20x/1.0 VIS-IR objective lens from Carl Zeiss now makes it possible to acquire 3D images of nerve cells down to depths of 5.6 mm in intact tissue using a confocal laser scanning or multiphoton microscope, without having to section the brain.

7 Mar 2012

New Water Immersible Lenses with Needle-Like Design Provide Vision into Biological Systems

Olympus today released its unique MicroProbe Objective (MPO) lenses for studying the internal biology of living organisms. The two new water-immersion lenses, namely the 27x magnification IV-OB35F22W20 and the 20x IV-OB13F20W20, have an innovative needle-like design, with the lenses housed in tips measuring 3.5 mm and 1.3 mm in diameter.

5 Mar 2012

Animal Clinic Uses Vetscope Rigid Endoscope to Maintain Pets’ Ear Health

Animal Hospital of Onslow County located in Jacksonville is using an advanced Vetscope Rigid Endoscope to investigate and carry out minor medical surgeries on pets’ ears.

7 Feb 2012

Fluorescent Dyes Highlight Electrical Activity in Neurons

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have created a new generation of fast-acting fluorescent dyes that optically highlight electrical activity in neuronal membranes.

25 Jan 2012

Optical Switch Enables Control of Blind Neuroreceptor

An ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to LMU chemist Dirk Trauner for a project based on optochemical genetics. By this innovative approach, artificial photoreceptors can be created by integrating neural receptor molecules with light-sensitive, synthetic switching factors.

12 Jan 2012

Researchers Develop Electronic Quantum Dots Probe to Perform Rapid Drug Testing

A research team led by Swadeshmukul Santra, an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, has developed an electronic quantum dots probe that paves the way for testing the efficiency of new pharmaceuticals rapidly.

21 Dec 2011

MRG Anticipates Indian Diagnostic Imaging Systems Market to Grow Significantly

Millennium Research Group (MRG), leveraging medical technology market intelligence stated that the diagnostic imaging systems’ considerably underpenetrated Indian market will testify an increasing annual growth rate of 9% progressing to reach $830 M by 2016.

15 Dec 2011

AstraZeneca Radiopharmaceutical Imaging Candidate Licensed by Neoprobe for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis

Neoprobe has declared that it has in-licensed AstraZeneca’s global exclusive rights to AZD4694, the latest radiopharmaceutical imaging candidate that will support the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

14 Dec 2011

Researchers Develop Label-Free Imaging Instrument for Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine

A research team at Purdue University has developed a label-free imaging technique, termed as transient absorption, for monitoring nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes in the bloodstream and live cells, paving the way to advance the applications of nanostructures in clinical medicine and biomedical research.

7 Dec 2011