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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Merck & Co., Inc. and QIAGEN N.V. today announced their intent to collaborate on a new program to increase access to HPV vaccination and HPV DNA testing in some of the most resource-poor areas of the world.
Incidence of prostate cancer in the seven major markets will be just over 422,000 in 2009, indicating high patient potential for drug developers to invest in. There are currently 136 agents in development for prostate cancer, two-thirds of which are novel targeted therapies or...
Washington, Sept 10 : Researchers at the University of Leicester and Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology in Portugal have found that vitamin C can help protect DNA damage of skin cells and lead to better skin regeneration.
CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“CPEX”) today announced that it will participate in the Ninth Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting to be held November 5–7, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Airport in San Francisco, California. Dr. Lance Berman, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Offi...
Quest PharmaTech Inc. (TSX-V: QPT) ("Quest" or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer and dermatological conditions, today announced fiscal second quarter results for the period ended July 31, 2009.
Nomir Medical Technologies, a leader in the development of optical energy technologies for medical applications, announced today the publication of a scientific paper in the journal Photochemistry and Photobiology that details in vitro and human data demonstrating the unique a...
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...
Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the esophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared to more complex surgical removal of the esophagus, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the September 2009 iss...
Malignant brain tumors often fail to respond to promising new medication. Researchers in Heidelberg have discovered a mechanism and a tumor marker for the development of this resistance. A "death receptor" can possibly provide information as to how great the chances of success...
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., today announced the first commercial sales of a new 20 microgram per milliliter (mcg/mL) formulation of Ventavis(R), for the treatment of New York Heart Association Class III and IV pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This increased streng...
Akela Pharma, Inc., (TSX: AKL) and its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, PharmaForm, today announced a comprehensive corporate restructuring designed to achieve several operational objectives.
BCC's goal for this study is to determine the global market and future demand growth for biologic imaging reagents over a five-year period from 2008 to 2013. Our particular interest is to characterize and quantify the biologic imaging reagents market potential by technology, r...
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...
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,...
The GTPases Rac1, RhoA and Cdc42 act together to control cytoskeleton dynamics. Recent biosensor studies have shown that all three GTPases are activated at the front of migrating cells, and biochemical evidence suggests that they may regulate one another: Cdc42 can activate Ra...
Arnold Van Den Berg likes companies selling at historical low P/S ratios. Although he learned that it can still go lower even when it is at historical lows in 2008, he is still a great investor if you look at his long term track record. Through his firm Century Management, Arn...
A form of partial epilepsy associated with auditory and other sensory hallucinations has been linked to the disruption of brain development during early childhood, according to a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an idiopathic chronic cholestatic inflammatory liver disease characterized by diffuse fibrosing inflammation of intra- and/or extrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in bile duct obliteration, biliary cirrhosis, and eventually hepatic failure...
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a swine flu pandemic, NanoPass Technologies Ltd. (NanoPass) announced today that it has successfully developed a microneedle-based injection device that could dramatically enhance both the effectiveness and supply of...
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up the health reform bill last night, "a series of amendments on both sides of the abortion debate [added] a political charge -- and a distraction -- to the progress of the legislation," Politico reports (Smith, 7/30).
Dermatologists from around the world gathered last week in Boston, MA to attend the Amercan Academy of Dermatology's summer meeting, where Melanoma was a hot topic of discussion.
Each year, Australia invests in programmes designed to attract Thai students to study in Australia, while facilitating knowledge transfer and promoting collaboration between the two countries. This year is no exception. In 2009, Australia through its Endeavour Awards is provid...
