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Retinal OCT Comes of Age
The emergence of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the past decade and a half has yielded...
Microscopy for Diagnosing Cancer
In cases where cancer is suspected, a pathologist may examine the incisional biopsy collected to...

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Optical filters
Semrock Inc.
Immunofluorescence
Cell Signaling Technology Inc.
Reagents
Alexis Biochemicals
Molecular spectroscopy
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Image Processing
Academic Press
CT imaging
Humana Press
Fused fiber optics
Incom Inc.

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Single-spot system
Elliot Scientific Ltd.
Deconvolution software
Media Cybernetics
Photocoagulator
OptiMedica Corp.
Fluorescence measurement
Ultrafast Systems LLC
Chip for aCGH
PerkinElmer Inc.
CT scanner
GE Healthcare
Cooled cameras
Kappa opto-electronics GmbH
Immunoassay kit
Invitrogen Corp.
Raman imaging
Renishaw plc
Spectrometer
ISS Inc.
Radiography system
Suni Medical Imaging
Raman converter
Light Age Inc.
Fiber-coupled lasers
Edmund Optics Inc.
Small-animal imaging
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Positioning stage
Equipment Solutions Inc.
Microarray software
Agilent Technologies Inc.
Photon excitation
McPherson Inc.
Fluorescence filter sets
Semrock Inc.
485-nm laser head
PicoQuant GmbH
Antidrift system
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH
Virtual microscopy
Olympus Life Science Europa GmbH
Stem cell lines
Millipore Corp.
Light engines
Lumencor Inc.
Microplate delidder
MatriCal Inc.
Microplates
Porvair Sciences Ltd.
Broadband sources
Exalos AG
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
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Canon USA Inc.
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Li-Cor Biosciences
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Applied Scientific Instrumentation (ASI) Inc.
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News and Features
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Long-term wrinkle reduction from carbon dioxide laser resurfacing
Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing can help with long-term treatment of mild to severe wrinkles,...
Taking a 3-D view of an ancient brain
Studying the evolution of the human brain can provide researchers with insight into the...
Camera can spot diabetes early
Diabetes is a disease associated with high levels of the sugar glucose in the blood. It affects 24...
Link to Alzheimer’s may lead to discovery of better treatment
A study has shown that Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth leading cause of death among people over 65,...
Positive forecast for DNA diagnostic technologies
The global market for DNA diagnostic technologies is expected to be worth $10.6 billion in 2008 and...
Watching muscles work
When muscles contract, they do so thanks to thousands of tiny biological motors. The motors pull on...
Handheld sensor could become a big hit on the battlefield
At the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore, Pavel Neuzil and Julien Reboud have developed a...
University of Technology Sydney
In Sydney, Australia, the University of Technology Sydney and Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa...
CoolLED Ltd.
CoolLED Ltd. of Andover, UK, has signed a licensing agreement with Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH of...
Aculight Corp.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $125,000 Phase I contract to Aculight Corp. of...
FEI Co.
FEI Co. of Hillsboro, Ore., and Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, will...
Thunder Tech Corp.
Thunder Tech Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hologic Inc. of Bedford, Mass., has completed its...
3M
3M of St. Paul, Minn., has completed its acquisition of Imtec Corp. of Ardmore, Okla., a...
AnaSpec Inc.
AnaSpec Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., and Novus Biologicals Inc. of Littleton, Colo., have signed a...
BioTek Instruments Inc.
BioTek Instruments Inc. of Winooski, Vt., and life sciences technology provider Invitrogen Corp. of...
Advanced Medical Optics Inc.
Advanced Medical Optics Inc. of Santa Ana, Calif., and Alcon Inc. of Hünenberg, Switzerland, have...
Veeco Instruments Inc.
In Plainview, N.Y., Veeco Instruments Inc. has introduced the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program,...
FluoroPharma Inc.
FluoroPharma Inc. of Boston, a developer of molecular imaging agents for the PET market, has...
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc.
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. of Burlington, Mass., a developer of light-based systems for...
Premier Biosoft International
Premier Biosoft International of Palo Alto has partnered with Veridiam of El Cajon, both in...

Post Scripts
A less-fluid cell membrane
Scientists once thought of the cell membrane as a fluid structure comprising freely moving...

Research
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A Very Small, Very Cheap Microscope
If manufacturers could mass-produce really small microscopes and sell them for as little as $10,...
Mapping microscale mixtures with FLIM
High-throughput research has become a driving force at pharmaceutical companies and other...
Deconvolution software
Media Cybernetics’ AutoQuant X Version 2.1 image deconvolution and 3-D visualization software...
Improving the safety of cancer drugs
In the early 1990s, David A. Cheresh and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego, in...
Two photons monitor neurons
Going longer in wavelength could help reveal the hidden functioning of neuronal circuits. This is...
Inside a fly’s built-in compass
Flies don’t carry a compass and, in fact, they may not need one because they’re sensitive to...

Technology Solutions
Novel autofocus technique advances high-resolution, time-lapse imaging
Development and continued improvement of fluorescent biosensors have provided researchers with...
Tracking cancer with light and sound
Treating tumors with a laser is a hot topic, one that keenly interests Dr. William M. Whelan,...