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Raman Spectroscopy Can Successfully Detect Cancerous Tissue Following Laser Ablation

Surgeons rely on 200-year-old techniques based on sight and touch when removing cancer, to determine how much to remove and what to leave alone. Laser technology pioneered at Florida Atlantic University has the promise to help a surgeon better determine if an area is cancer or healthy tissue. Moreover, when combined with laser treatment for cancer, this work lays the groundwork for laser robotic treatment of cancer.

13 Feb 2015

Hand-Held Raman Spectroscopy Intraoperative Probe to Detect Invasive Brain Cancer Cells

Brain cancer patients may live longer thanks to a new cancer-detection method developed by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University and the MUHC, and Polytechnique Montréal.

12 Feb 2015

Light to Activate Genes Can Help Better Study Genes' Functions

Duke University researchers have devised a method to activate genes in any specific location or pattern in a lab dish with the flip of a light switch by crossing a bacterium's viral defense system with a flower's response to sunlight.

10 Feb 2015

New MRI Technique to Better Detect, Evaluate NAFLD in Children

Between 5 and 8 million children in the United States have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), yet most cases go undiagnosed. To help address this issue, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based technique to help clinicians and researchers better detect and evaluate NAFLD in children. The study is published Feb. 5 in Hepatology.

6 Feb 2015

Breakthrough Fluorescent Probe Shows Promise to Facilitate Osteoarthritis Diagnosis and Monitoring

A fluorescent probe may make it easier to diagnose and monitor osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease affecting nearly 27 million Americans. The disease is often detected late in development after painful symptoms occur.

4 Feb 2015

Nanosecond Laser Therapy Could Reverse Age-Related Macular Degeneration

A new technique reported in the February 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that during early stages, it might be possible to reverse age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness that is currently irreversible. The treatment involving a nanosecond laser may also have further implications for other eye diseases such as diabetic macular oedema, diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity.

3 Feb 2015

Micro-Patterned Ring-Shaped Device for Safer, More Effective Cataract Surgery

A new device designed to perform safer, more effective cataract surgery is going on the market following a licensing agreement between the University of Colorado and Mile High Ophthalmics LLC.

27 Jan 2015

Optogenetics Helps Control Swimming Behaviour of Sperm

Scientists from the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) in Bonn, an Institute of the Max Planck Society, have succeeded for the first time in controlling the function of sperm by optogenetics. They inserted a light-activated enzyme for cAMP synthesis into mouse sperm that lacked the endogenous enzyme.

22 Jan 2015

NEC Display Solutions’ MD210C3 Diagnostic Review Monitor Gets FDA 510(K) Market Clearance

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced today Food and Drug Administration 510(K) market clearance of the MultiSync® MD210C3 LCD, a cost-effective display with LED backlighting for diagnostic applications in healthcare organizations.

21 Jan 2015

Innovative Imaging System to Assist Cancer Surgery

With the goal of making it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence, scientists have invented a new imaging system that causes tumors to “light up” when a hand-held laser is directed at them.

21 Jan 2015