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Family Chiropractic Center Chooses K-Laser as Equipment Provider

Family Chiropractic Center for Wellness now offers level 4 laser treatment in addition to its existing chiropractic and wellness services. In keeping with the Center’s commitment to only offering the highest quality care, Dr. Brian Dahmer and his team have chosen K-Laser as their equipment provider.

29 Feb 2016

Light Reflectance Spectroscopy Can Differentiate Between Malignant and Benign Prostate Tissue with 85% Accuracy

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between malignant and benign prostate tissue with 85 percent accuracy, a finding that may lead to real-time tissue analysis during prostate cancer surgery.

27 Feb 2016

Scientists Develop New Optical Technique to Study How Human Brain Transmits Key Signals

Columbia University scientists have developed a new optical technique to study how information is transmitted in the brains of mice. Using this method, they found that only a small portion of synapses—the connections between cells that control brain activity—may be active at any given time.

27 Feb 2016

Neurosurgeons Open Brain's Protective Cover Using Laser Probe to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs

Using a laser probe, neurosurgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have opened the brain's protective cover, enabling them to deliver chemotherapy drugs to patients with a form of deadly brain cancer.

26 Feb 2016

New Optogenetic Technology Activates Immune Response to Attack Tumor Cells in Mice

A new optogenetic technology developed at UMass Medical School, called optogenetic immunomodulation, is capable of turning on immune cells to attack melanoma tumors in mice. Using near-infrared light, UMMS researchers have shown they can selectively activate an immune response by controlling the flow of calcium ions into the cell. This breakthrough could lead to less invasive, and more controlled and selective, immunotherapies for cancer treatment.

17 Feb 2016

Researchers Use External Light to Control Protein Activity in Mammalian Cells

Light can be used to control the transport of proteins from the cell nucleus with the aid of a light-sensitive, genetically modified plant protein. Biologists from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) working in the field of optogenetics have now developed such a tool. The researchers, under the direction of Dr. Barbara Di Ventura and Prof. Dr. Roland Eils, employed methods from synthetic biology and combined a light sensor from the oat plant with a transport signal.

16 Feb 2016