Cambridge, Mass. – January 5, 2012 – NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of medical devices for in vivo pathology, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Nvision VLE Imagin...
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Eindhoven (The Netherlands) – In many biomedical applications the presence of hair and its movement is a critical issue affecting the measured signal and its stability. These applications include functional near-infrared spectroscopy imaging, skin hydration measurements using ...
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Rotterdam (The Netherlands) – The adequate supply of oxygen is essential for mammalian cells to sustain life. Molecular oxygen is used in oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria. Many techniques have been developed for measuring oxygen in vivo, however, due to invasivene...
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Innsbruck (Austria) – Platelets, human thrombocytes, are a small discoid type of blood cells that play a vital role in haemostasis and thrombosis and take part in a series of complex events associated with the integrity of the blood vessels. It is believed that circulating pla...
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Ann Arbor (MI/USA) – Endoscopy is a powerful imaging tool for rapidly visualizing large surface areas in hollow organs, such as the colon, esophagus, lung, oropharynx, and stomach. However, there are still improvements possible for a better insight into the human body. In a re...
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Jena (Germany) – Gastrointestinal cancer is a major public health problem worldwide. Detection of early neoplastic lesions in gastrointestinal tract is essential for cure, because prognosis and survival are related to the size and stage of malignant lesions. Endoscopic screeni...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO ONTARIO - September 14th, 2011
Theralase Technologies Inc. (TSXV: TLT) announced today that it has developed a new application for its patented Photo Dynamic Compounds (PDCs); specifically, the destruction of Escherichia coli, commonly known as E...
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Journal of Biophotonics Special Issue on “Advanced Markers and Labels for Life Science and Biomedical Applications” released:
Currently, ‘BioImaging’ is a topic of great interest in medical and biological science because it enables the almost non-invasive imaging of cellular ...
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Heidelberg (Germany) – Technologies to visualize cellular structures and dynamics enable cell biologists to gain insight into complex biological processes. Currently, fluorescent proteins (FPs) are used routinely to investigate the behavior of proteins in live cells. Chemical ...
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Karlsruhe (Germany) – Originally cloned from marine animals, proteins from the green fluorescent protein (GFP) family have become indispensable tools as fluorescent markers in the life sciences. The need for advanced and specialized fluorescent labels, notably for cellular ima...
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Vienna (Austria) – Biology-motivated biosciences quite often necessitate cell imaging in 3D and 4D, which means 3D cell observation over time. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been proposed as alternative to conventional cellular imaging modalities which suffer from opaq...
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St. Andrews (UK) – Cell transfection is an important tool for studying and elucidating the basic cellular processes and genotypic changes inside cells. One method to do so is optically assisted transfection, a process in which a highly localized laser beam alters the permeabil...
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Munich (Germany) – Electron transfer (ET) processes play a prominent role in fundamental biological reactions such as photosynthesis and DNA photolysis. The temporal and spectral overlap of different processes such as excited state and solvation dynamics or internal conversion...
Posted 12 months ago
Aalen (Germany) – Fluorescence microscopy is an import tool for studying biological specimen. Multi-dimensionality, thereby, can open up new interesting perspectives. In a review article, a team of scientists from Hochschule Aalen and the University of Ulm (Germany) give an ov...
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Barcelona (Spain) – The developmental lineage of a cell is a key determinant of its available differentiation fates, and studying lineages is therefore a central challenge in developmental and regenerative biology. In zebrafish, a key application for which accurate cell lineag...
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Buffalo (NY/USA) – Quantum dots (QDs), semiconductor nanocrystals small enough to exhibit size-dependent properties, have generated tremendous interest due to their unique optical properties. QDs are highly efficient multi-photon absorbers that can be useful for three dimensio...
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For the non-invasive diagnostics and early detection of skin diseases, multiple imaging tools exist that operate within a broadly spanned frequency range. Each of these tools ranging from ultrasound (US) to multiphoton-tomography (MPT) provides distinctive features that make i...
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NSF Center for Biophotonics Science & Technology Exhibits at the Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, Oct. 23-24, 2010, Washington, DC
The Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival is the country’s first national science festival, occurring October 10 – 24, 2010...
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Early detection is critical for improving cancer survival rates. Yet, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, lung cancer, is notoriously difficult to detect in its early stages.
Now, researchers have developed a method to detect lung cancer by merely shining diffu...
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The Singapore government plans to spend S$16.1B for 2011-2015, which is a 20% increase over the funds committed from 2006 to 2010.
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EFRI 2012 Topic Suggestions
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Engineering
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (EFRI)
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
Ideas submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
To read the Dear Colleague Letter associated with...
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St Andrews (UK) – The transfection of genes and injection of drugs into mammalian cells are among the most important research tools in modern molecular biology. A variety of techniques have been developed to introduce foreign material into the cytoplasm of cells. Laser induced...
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Jena (Germany) – Basal cell carcinoma is the most abundant malignant neoplasm in humans. The disease can show a variety of different morphologies, which are based on different cellular biology. Furthermore, the carcinoma often grows invisibly to the eye imbedded in the surroun...
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La Plata, (Argentina) – Type-IV pili are multifunctional cell surface organelles that are essential for virulence in a wide range of Gram-negative bacteria, such as Moraxella bovis. Pili are considered as an important target for vaccine development. Osvaldo Yantorno and a team...
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Boston (USA) – Monitoring the onset of disease by detecting premalignant and malignant cells using the Papanicolaou test has greatly reduced the mortality rate of cervical cancer. Nevertheless, the process of screening Pap smears is very labor intensive. At Northeastern Univer...
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Göttingen (Germany) – Light microscopy is the most popular imaging method in the biological sciences. In particular, studying dynamics opened up an enormous field of application. Meanwhile the diffraction barrier has been overcome by a number of ‘diffraction-unlimited’ nanosco...
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The software on Monte Carlo simulation of light transport in 3-D voxelized media is released (called MCVM). By using MCVM, researchers can obtain both steady-state and time-resolved light transport properties in biological tissue with realistic shape and structure. MCVM is ful...
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The presence or absence of gender differences in working memory, localized in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), has been debated in a few fMRI studies. However, the hypothesis of gender differences in PFC function has not been elaborated, and comparisons among hemodynamic parameter...
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New methodologies for delivering energy and light in therapeutic and diagnostic applications are catching on, according to the consultants. “It’s delivering microwaves or infrared or ultrasonics — very, very innovative new discoveries in how that energy can be delivered to th...
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Healthcare breakthroughs are happening where light-based scientific disciplines intersect, experts told the House R&D Caucus on 1 December. Policy-makers in Washington, D.C., were advised how government can help accelerate healthcare innovation by R&D leaders from biophotonic...
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An endoscope equipped with an infrared laser and a tiny mirror might one day help physicians diagnose early signs of cancer and other diseases and aid in surgery. A researcher at the University of Florida, Huikai Xie, has designed a prototype device that captures images up to...
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Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have granted to Bioptigen, of Research Triangle Park, N.C ., an exclusive intellectual property licensing agreement for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT), an imaging technology devel...
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Leading-edge advances such as a revolutionary cardiology treatment and noninvasive optical techniques for studying the brain combined with pragmatic discussions on research focus and funding highlighted a two-day inter-institute workshop last week at the National Institutes of...
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Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC:GTHP) contains perhaps one of the most promising medical devices aiming for an annual global $1 billion dollar non-invasive cervical cancer market. Their device LightTouch is a powerful and innovative non-invasive screening device for early dete...
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Quebec, the “little city” on the St. Lawrence River is becoming a regional hub of excellence in biopharmaceuticals and life sciences research, vaccines, diagnostics, optics/photonics, and nutraceuticals. Optics/photonics is an area of particular expertise in Quebec, with a h...
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PinPointe USA Inc., a medical laser company, has received a new round of venture capital to continue its marketing and development domestically and spur growth internationally.
Founded in Chico in 2004, PinPointe is developing foot-care therapies. It’s main business is usin...
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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass.--There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications – from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of particular interest because of ...
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Former ICOB 2009 speaker and participant, Stephen Minger tells Nature why he is leaving academia.
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TRUCKEE/TAHOE — Tahoe Forest Health System named Thomas D. Hobday as Founding Director of the newly-formed Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research at an Aug. 7 event.
The Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research is a unique partnership with the University of California,...
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Release Date: March 23, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y.
A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo.
Scientists in UB's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics and UB's De...
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics invites manuscript submissions in the area of biophotonics. The purpose of this issue of JSTQE is to highlight the recent progress and trends in developing of novel biophotonics technologies. Broad technical areas include ...
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MUNICH, Germany, July 1, 2009 -- Attendees gave Laser World of Photonics 2009, the leading trade show for optical technologies, the best ratings in the event's history, event organizers Messe München reported. An optimistic outlook for -- and strong interest in -- biophotonics...
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A recently developed laser fusion technique allows polymers to be attached to metals and ceramics in short cycle times. The process and its capabilities are reviewed together with its growing range of applications.
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This work presents the design, fabrication, and testing of an original concept for an optical biosensor device intended for use in a microfluidic network. The device uses planar waveguides intersecting a microfludic channel with biofunctionalized patterned sidewalls to detect ...
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A research team led by a chemist at the Univ. of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change color instantly and reversibly when external magnetic fields acting upon the microspheres change orientation.
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On Jan 21, 2009, Optics Express published online an original paper entitled “Photostimulation of astrocytes with femtosecond laser pulses”, "http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-3-1291":http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-3-1291 from Britton Ch...
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NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of medical devices for in vivo pathology, today announced the appointment of 11 leading experts to its newly formed clinical and technology advisory boards.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Self-Field Theory: A New Mathematical Description of Ph
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Forty future leaders were recognized as finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2012, a program of Society for Science & the Public. From alternative energy solutions and landmine detection technology, to diabetic research and photodynamic cancer therapy, these 40 high sc...
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Handbook of Biophotonics: Vol.
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Biophotonics conference highlights potential for coherence imaging to pick up signs of cancer in early stages.
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified the critical early cellular and molecular events that give rise to a type of esophageal cancer called esophageal adenocarcinoma, the fastest-rising solid tumor in the United States. The findings, publishe...
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the images of fruit flies, clusters of neurons are all lit up, forming a brightly glowing network of highways within the brain.
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A scientific innovator from The City College of New York (CCNY) whose research unites the divergent fields of medicine, biology and high-speed laser physics will be honored this month for his pioneering work in biomedical optics by SPIE, the international society for optics an...
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( City College of New York ) A scientific innovator from The City College of New York whose research unites the divergent fields of medicine, biology and high-speed laser physics will be honored this month for his pioneering work in biomedical optics by SPIE, the international...
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Cambridge, Mass. – January 5, 2012 – NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of medical devices for in vivo pathology, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Nvision VLE Imagin...
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered the first known mechanism by which cells control the survival of messenger RNA (mRNA) -- arguably biology's most important molecule. The findings pertain to mRNAs that help regulate cell d...
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When accidents that involve traumatic brain injuries occur, a speedy diagnosis followed by the proper treatment can mean the difference between life and death. A research team, led by Jason D. Riley in the Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics at the U.S. National ...
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Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Since it is beneficial for doctors to know as soon as possible how a cancer is affected by treatment, re...
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Humans see color thanks to cone cells, specialized light-sensing neurons located in the retina along the inner surface of the eyeball. The actual light-sensing section of these cells is called the outer segment, which is made up of a series of stacked discs, each about 30 nano...
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Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): US researchers have created a prototype handheld near-infrared imaging device that can quickly detect traumatic brain injuries.
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When accidents that involve traumatic brain injuries occur, a speedy diagnosis followed by the proper treatment can mean the difference between life and death. A research team, led by Jason D. Riley in the Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics at the U.S. National ...
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( Optical Society of America ) Vision scientists at Indiana University in Bloomington have come up with a novel way to make the measurements in a living human retina by using information hidden within a commonly used technique called optical coherence tomography. They discuss ...
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( Optical Society of America ) Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Researchers from Vanderbilt University have demonstrated a new way to opt...
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( Optical Society of America ) A research team, led by Jason D. Riley in the Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics at the US National Institutes of Health, has created a handheld device capable of quickly detecting brain injuries such as hematomas. A paper describi...
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Robert Alfano, Distinguished Professor of Physics at City College of New York, has been awarded the first SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award, in recognition of his pioneering work in biomedical optics and ultrafast laser spectroscopy.
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Biofrontera was today informed by the European Commission that its product Ameluz ® ("for the lovers of light", in development called BF-200 ALA) was approved for distribution throughout the entire EU, Norway, Island and Liechtenstein.
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Biofrontera AG / / Ad hoc: European Commission authorizes EU-wide marketing and distribution of Biofrontera's Ameluz® . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE.
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Biofrontera was today informed by the European Commission that its product Ameluz ® ("for the lovers of light", in development called BF-200 ALA) was approved for distribution throughout the entire EU, Norway, Island and Liechtenstein.
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Leverkusen, 16 December 2011 - Biofrontera was today informed by the European Commission that its product Ameluz ® ("for the lovers of light", in development called BF-200 ALA) was approved for ...
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Optics Balzers Jena offers customized all-dielectric band-pass filters for the SWIR spectral region with a unique self-blocking filter design. They combine a wide blocking range and high pass-band transmittance in a single all-dielectric interference coating.
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BANNOCKBURN, Ill., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc., a privately held specialty bio-pharmaceutical company announced today that it has obtained approval for an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for their product PHOTOFRIN® (porfimer sodium) as adjuvant...
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The precise blending of tiny particles and multicolor dyes transforms gelatin into a realistic surrogate for human tissue. These tissue mimics, known as "phantoms," provide an accurate proving ground for new photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging technologies. "The ability to pr...
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A schoolboy diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer in 2006 is defying medical opinion as his condition improves.
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Ultra-tiny zinc oxide (ZnO) particles with dimensions less than one-ten-millionth of a meter are among the ingredients list of some commercially available sunscreen products, raising concerns about whether the particles may be absorbed beneath the outer layer of skin.
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( Optical Society of America ) The precise blending of tiny particles and multicolor dyes transforms gelatin into a realistic surrogate for human tissue. These tissue mimics, known as "phantoms," provide an accurate proving ground for new photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging t...
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