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Eyes provide insights into multiple sclerosis
A technique that relies on infrared scanning of the eyes has been developed to measure the severity...
GFP trapped in a nanodrop
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., have...
Soil bacteria survive on antibiotics alone
Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston and at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., have...
Three-dimensional virus image captured with 4.5-Å resolution
Single-particle electron cryomicroscopy recently helped a group of researchers to capture a...

Feature Articles
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Raman Spectroscopy Meets Flow Cytometry
In flow cytometry, which performs high-speed optical analysis of single cells, suspensions of cells...
Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Bioanalysis
A fundamental goal in the life sciences is to understand how the elemental building blocks...
Raman Spectroscopy Analysis of Polymorphs
Some molecules with the same chemical formula can have different crystal structure forms — called...
Nanotechnology and Photonics Join Forces in Biomedicine
In the recent past, biology has shifted from the microscale to the nanoscale, from the level of the...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Moves Ahead
MRI, which allows doctors and clinicians to peer inside the body without the use of ionizing...

From The Clinic
For some, digital mammography is better than film
Dense breasts can make traditional film mammograms difficult to interpret because both tumors and...
Treating oral cancer mouth sores
Oral mucositis — mouth sores that occur as a result of cancer treatment — is perhaps the most...
Early detection of eye diseases
Many severe eye diseases are not detected by standard methods, such as automated visual field...

From The Journals
Imaging hastens drug discovery and development
In drug discovery and development, single-photon-emission CT and PET can be used for monitoring the...
Imaging stroke
By far the most common type of stroke, acute ischemic stroke, occurs because a clot stops blood...
When to use MRI for evaluating breast cancer
Studies have suggested that MRI is better for breast cancer evaluation than conventional...

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News and Features
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Labeling Kits Agreement Signed
Invitrogen Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., has signed an agreement to become the exclusive provider of...
Millipore and Guava Form Partnership
Millipore Corp. of Billerica, Mass., and Guava Technologies Inc. of Hayward, Calif., have formed a...
Leica Acquires Bal-Tec
Leica Microsystems of Wetzlar, Germany, has acquired Bal-Tec AG of Balzers, Liechtenstein, a...
NanoImaging Services Relocating
NanoImaging Services Inc. of San Diego has used a $1.5 million investment from Merck Capital...
Molecular Imaging Markets Analysis
Frost & Sullivan of London has released “European Molecular Imaging Markets,” an analysis of...
Company Name Change
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging of North Billerica, Mass., has changed its name. The company,...
FDA Clearance Granted
The FDA has granted Home Skinovations Ltd. of Yokneam, Israel, a producer of light-based and laser...
Automated Image Analysis
Affiris GmbH of Vienna, Austria, a developer of peptide-based vaccines for disease treatment, will...
Avesthagen Signs Affymetrix For Study
Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., a producer of microarray technology for genetic research,...
Invitro Cancer Testing Market
The global market for in vitro diagnostic tests for cancer is predicted to reach nearly $8 billion...
Spin-Off Created
Biofusion plc of Sheffield and Cardiff University of Wales, both in the UK, have created a spin-off...
Imaging/biopsy system for breast cancer detection assessed
Researchers have completed initial testing of a positron emission mammography/tomography breast...
Single molecules detected using dual-colored probes
Accurately detecting and identifying single biomolecules for chemical analysis and medical...
High-speed imaging of whiskers
High-speed video has helped researchers uncover relationships between the biomechanical properties...
Interactions between an elastic solid and a flowing fluid measured, filmed
Being able to measure accurately the microscopic dynamics that occur between a flowing fluid and a...
Optical frequency comb spectroscopy checks breath for disease
In the future, instead of having blood drawn at your doctor’s office, you may simply breathe into a...
NIR camera captures laser ablation process on teeth
Using a laser in the human mouth is tricky. Too much power can result in thermal damage to the...

Post Scripts
Iron crystals may play a role in neurodegenerative diseases
Although iron is necessary for some cellular functions, it also can cause damage in certain forms....

Research
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Dark states of monomeric red fluorescent proteins studied
You don’t have to be afraid of the dark, but you should be aware of it, according to researchers...
Doing well in the shadow of GFP
Live-cell imaging has benefited tremendously from the development of genetically encoded...
Molecular junction, what’s your function?
Improved understandings of electronic conduction through individual small molecules are important...
Sea-urchin-shaped gold nanoparticles hold promise for bioimaging
Biocompatible gold nanoparticles have generated considerable interest in recent years because they...
Three techniques used to study the cell surface of a human pathogen
Researchers from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and from Pasteur Institute in Paris...

Technology Solutions
Genetically encoded FRET biosensors offer insight into disease mechanisms
Ongoing research into intracellular reduction/oxidation (redox) systems is creating opportunities...
Understanding protein crystallization
Protein crystallization plays an important role in drug design and delivery as well as in other...