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Transparent adult zebra fish reveal cancer metastasis
Scientists have used zebra fish embryos with fluorescent labels to study many aspects of biology...
Predicting the future of patients’ chemotherapy treatment
In the past, the most viable treatment for locally advanced breast cancer was radical mastectomy....

Feature Articles
Raman Analysis Speeds into Biomedicine
Raman is one of a number of spectrographic techniques that may be used to study biological...
LEDs for Fluorescence Microscopy
Until recently, fluorophore excitation has been achieved using broad-spectrum mercury gas discharge...
New Developments in SPR Biosensing
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors have been developed for a variety of applications, from...

From The Clinic
CT approach as safe as traditional lung scanning for pulmonary embolism
According to the American Heart Association, pulmonary embolism affects about 600,000 Americans...
Interpretation varies among radiologists
For patients who have signs or symptoms that could signal breast cancer, diagnostic mammograms...

From The Journals
Tools for 3-D visualization
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reviewed hardware and...
Molecular dynamics in the nucleus
Important processes occur in the nucleus, including replication, transcription and ribosome...
Inflammation of the eye as seen with OCT
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a widely accepted ophthalmological imaging technique...

New Media
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Optics resource
Edmund Optics
Optical spectroscopy
Springer
Database modeling
Artech House Inc.
Nuclear imaging
Amirsys
Research products
Takara Bio USA
Flow cytometry
Humana Press
Measurement system
Wyatt Technology Corp.
Optical trapping
Arryx Inc.
Cellular analysis
Invitrogen Corp.
Molecular analysis
Viscotek
Image processing
IMT i-Solution Inc.
Micronanotechnology
CRC Press
Sample chambers
Bioscience Tools
Microfluidics
Springer
Cardiovascular imaging
Elsevier Inc.,
Fluorescent proteins
Axxora LLC

New To The Market
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Laser diodes
Power Technology Inc.
EMCCD camera
Hamamatsu Corp.
Filter wheels
Edmund Optics
Diode laser
Spectra-Physics
Hyperspectral imaging
ChromoDynamics Inc.
Solid-state laser
Cobolt AB
Imaging software
Bitplane Inc.
Diode laser modules
Blue Sky Research Inc.
Deep-well plates
Eppendorf North America Inc.
CW green lasers
Zecotek Photonics Inc.
Force microscopy
Asylum Research Corp.
Microslides
BTX
Piezo flexure actuators
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Digital imaging software
Carl Zeiss Ltd.
Transmittance analysis
Labsphere Inc.
20-mW green laser
Coherent Inc.
Photomultiplier array
SensL
Imaging, analysis system
Syngene
Air-cooled accessories
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
CCD sensor
Dalsa Corp.
Fluorescing adhesives
Dymax Corp.
Radiography system
Imix Americas Inc.
Temperature measurement
LumaSense Technologies Inc.
Vibration isolation
Halcyonics GmbH
Fiber lasers
JDSU
Holography microscope
Lyncée Tec SA
Safety software
Laservision GmbH & Co. KG
Smart gel
Li-Cor Biosciences
Microplates
Porvair Sciences Ltd.
Deformable mirror
Alpao
X-ray detector
VDS Vosskühler GmbH
Microplate reader
Wyatt Technology Corp.
LED light sources
Olympus Life and Material Science Europa GmbH
Microscope stages
Klughammer Industrie GmbH
Miniature holders
Bioscience Tools
CT system
Royal Philips Electronics
MRI system
Siemens Medical Solutions
100-kV TEM
Carl Zeiss SMT AG
Microincubator
Warner Instruments Inc.
Workstation
Caliper Life Sciences Inc.
Illuminator
Epi-Light Ltd.
Imaging system
ChemImage Corp.
Edge filters
Optometrics Corp.
Data acquisition software
PicoQuant GmbH
Dual-mode microscopes
WiTec GmbH
Image sensor
Eastman Kodak Co.
Monochrome camera
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Spectrographs/monochromators
Intevac Inc.

News and Features
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Studying inner workings of cancer cells in 3-D
Doctors would like to achieve early cancer detection in a clinical setting without resorting to...
Light-activated platinum compound may improve chemotherapy
A new platinum compound that can be activated by ultraviolet light to destroy tumors has been...
Producing high-density peptide arrays
High-density peptide arrays could be used in a wide variety of applications. Improving the state of...
In utero laser ablation of blood vessels treats rare condition
Vasa previa, a rare condition in which placental blood vessels block the birth canal and can...
Prodding cells with a nanoprobe may improve cancer detection
Determining whether a cell is cancerous is not as straightforward as it might seem.Current methods,...
Detecting cancer with gold nanoparticles
Sometimes big surprises come in small packages. An example can be found in recent research...
Getting to the root of the solution
Modified plants could help bring about more efficient paper production or could serve as sources...
Kaloram Information Offers Gene Profile Study
Released by Kalorama Information of New York, the study “Gene Expression Profiling Markets”...
Affymetrix to Acquire USB for $75 Million
Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has entered into an agreement to acquire USB Corp. of...
GE Healthcare, PAA, Matrical Join Forces
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, UK, has announced partnerships with PAA (Process Analysis and...
US Army Gives CCNY NIR Grant
The US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command has awarded a three-year $542,940 grant to Wubao...
Del Global, Analogic Sign Supply Agreement
Del Global Technologies Corp., a Franklin Park, Ill.-based designer of diagnostic imaging systems...
Invitrogen Licenses Harvard Technology
Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., has exclusively licensed cell proliferation assays, based on...
Siemens Medical Solutions Gets Pre-market OK
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, Pa., has received premarket conditional certification from...
FEI Opens China Facility
FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., has opened a NanoPort in Shanghai, China. The facility, a demonstration...
JPK Instruments Increases Stake in nAmbition
JPK Instruments AG of Berlin has increased its share in its subsidiary nAmbition GmbH of Dresden,...
Applied Precision Sells Unit to Rudolph Technologies
Applied Precision LLC of Issaquah, Wash., has announced the sale of its semiconductor division to...
BioTek Instruments Opens Singapore Office
BioTek Instruments Inc. of Winooski, Vt., a manufacturer of microplate instrumentation and...
Leica Microsystems Buys Assets of Life Optics
Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, has purchased the assets of Life Optics of Vienna,...
Visage Imaging, Partners with Medicsight
Carlsbad, Calif.-based Visage Imaging Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems...

Post Scripts
Thermal analysis of butterfly wings
Scientists study the way in which biological structures produce various optical phenomena because...

Research
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Sensitive and label-free malaria detection
Malaria diagnosis currently involves either antibody-based rapid diagnostic tests or microscopic...
Light-activation targets cancer with cytotoxic T-cells
Cancer treatment has long posed challenges for physicians because it must be aggressive enough to...
Optical technique activates multiple neurons without patch clamps
Since its invention in the 1970s, the patch clamp has been a valuable tool for understanding how...
Embracing (conformational) change
Researchers often use fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to study conformational changes such as...
Micro-optical fluidic chip measures membrane permeability
The discovery of a cell-membrane water channel protein, aquaporin-1, culminated in the award of...
Superresolution in two colors
Conventional optics can achieve a diffraction-limited resolution of only about a half a wavelength...
Testing confocal microscopes with concentrated dyes
Microscopy has proved immeasurably beneficial to researchers in the biological sciences. However,...
AFM reveals that hydrogen bonds govern amyloid structure
Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have used atomic force microscopy (AFM) and...

Technology Solutions
SPR microarray imaging allows simultaneous monitoring of multiple biomolecular interactions
Simultaneous detection of a number of molecular interactions in a single sample could enable...
Fast FLIM system images live-cell signaling
Researchers have a new tool for studying live-cell signaling events, thanks to the efforts of a...