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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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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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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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 ...
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.
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...
DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc. Posted on:03 Mar 10 DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® (NASDAQ GM: DUSA), a dermatology company that is developing and marketing Levulan® Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and other products focused on patients with common skin conditions, reported today its corp...
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and other products focused on patients with common skin conditions, reported today its corporate highlights and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ende...
Acne and rosacea are two seemingly different skin conditions that have one important thing in common: both are chronic and extremely common skin conditions. However, dermatologists recommend that with proper diagnosis, treatment and a healthy dose of good, old-fashioned skin c...
DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, will unveil an ergonomically enhanced BLU-U® Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator at this year's American Academy of Dermatology meeting in Miami, Florida, March 5-9.
News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio: University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s first spinoff company Fluence Therapeutics Inc. recently opened in the downtown Akron Global Business Accelerator on South Main Street, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. The start-up come...
DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.®, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology, will unveil an ergonomically enhanced BLU-U® Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator at this year's American Academy of Dermatology meeting in Miami, Florida, March 5-9. BLU-U, in conju...
PHILADELPHIA — Gloria Correa has tried all the standard weapons in her war against cancer: chemotherapy, radiation and, finally, surgery. But when a surgeon opened her up last fall to cut out the deadly tumor that was squeezing her bile duct, he saw that it had engulfed nearby...
It’s the first time the Cleveland medical center has made a pre-seed investment in a start-up company, according to the center’s release. Fluence Technology is housed at the Akron Global Business Accelerator , which is part of the city’s Biomedical Corridor District .
♦ Supporters of the Ohio Third Frontier kicked off their campaign in Independence, Ohio, this week to woo voters to renew the $1.35 billion, 10-year project for another four years by voting “Yes” on Issue 1 during the May primary election.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are developing a spectral imaging system that could result in shorter operating times for infants undergoing surgery for Hirschsprung`s disease, according to a mouse study reported in the Journal of Biophotonics.
A breakthrough technique that allows scientists to view individually-labeled tumor cells as they move about in real time in a live mouse may enable scientists to develop microenvironment-specific drugs against cancer, researchers report at the American Society for Cell Biology...
Editor in Chief Tuan Vo-Dinh envisions the new international peer-reviewed journal NanoBiotechnology providing a forum that leads to "explosive growth" where nanotechnology and biomedical sciences converge.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new low-cost system that analyzes scattered laser light to quickly identify bacteria for applications in medicine, food processing and homeland security at one-tenth the cost of conventional technologies.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first three-dimensional optical images of human breast cancer in patients based on tissue fluorescence.
Drug-device combination is defined as the combination of drugs and medical devices that can be chemically or physically united or co-packaged as separate, cross labeled products. The commercialization cycle from R&D to product shows the immense potential of the bundled offering.
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Please note that this website has a UK government access keys system. Extraordinary Scientists, Extraordinary Careers, Extraordinary You. The unique work of healthcare scientists will be recognised in a new book, Health Minister Ann Keen announced today.
Having studied the ethical, judicial and political arguments, the Norwegian government task force has suggested that a single nationwide company should be formed to commercialise biomaterials assets from the country’s various sources. The task force has also recommended HUNT B...
The rising incidence and morbidity of non-melanoma skin cancers has generated great interest in unravelling of their pathogenesis and in the search for new non-invasive treatments.
In an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off "switch" that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of ultraviolet light. The animals stay paralyzed even when the light is turn...
PHILADELPHIA — Gloria Correa has tried all the standard weapons in her war against cancer: chemotherapy, radiation, and finally surgery. But when a surgeon opened her up last fall to cut out the deadly tumor that was squeezing her bile duct, he saw that it had engulfed nearby ...
Light-based method of killing cells is gaining proponents in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA - Gloria Correa has tried all the standard weapons in her war against cancer: chemotherapy, radiation, and finally surgery.
