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Automated MRI technique could expedite Alzheimer’s diagnosis
An automated system to measure brain tissue volume with MRI has shown promise as a tool for the...
Optical trap technique measures single-molecule forces
The molecular mechanics of the cell are a frontier that scientists still are striving to learn more...
New method can create fluidic channels with unusual shapes
Most micro- and nanofluidic chips contain channels with flat rectangular sides. A novel technique...
A femtosecond laser can be a pacemaker for heart muscle cells
Femtosecond lasers are used in applications as diverse as optical microscopy and lasik eye surgery....

Feature Articles
Focused Molecular Imaging Using Radiotracers
Locating, imaging and quantifying concentrations of specified molecules deep within the body are...
Getting in Deeper
Thanks to microendoscopic research and technology innovations, patients could be in for a new set...
Prospects for Photodynamic Therapy in Dentistry
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the use of a photosensitizer that is activated by illumination...

From The Clinic
PET shows thyroid cancer metastasis
Thyroid cancer is different from most adult cancers in that it affects mainly young people (two out...
Dual-wavelength laser system treats facial lesions
Facial telangiectasia — small dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin that look like...
Combined ultrasound and mammography
Mammography does a good job of detecting calcifications that may be cancerous. However, some...

New Media
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Technical support
AnaSpec Inc.
Optics resource
Anchor Optics
Antibodies
Cell Signaling Technology Inc.
OCT microscope
Michelson Diagnostics Ltd.
Life sciences research
Invitrogen Corp.
Flow cytometry
Guava Technologies Inc.
Antibody resource
Millipore Corp.

New To The Market
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Laser dichroics
Semrock Inc.
Optical modeling software
Lambda Research Corp.
594-nm laser
Newport Corp.
Tissue arrayer options
Veridiam Inc.
Imaging chamber
Warner Instruments
Prolactin assay
Olympus America Inc.
Test plates
MatriCal Inc.
Sequencing software
CLC bio
Linear motor slide
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Anti-actin antibodies
AnaSpec Inc.
NIR spectrometer
Arcoptix SA
Optical filters
Edmund Optics Inc.
Spectral irradiance meter
B&W Tek Inc.
Data acquisition system
Vertilon Corp.
Gel imaging system
Alpha Innotech Corp.
MR scanner
GE Healthcare
Flat panel sensor
Hamamatsu Corp.
Halide lamp
Welch Allyn Lighting Products’
Wide-field systems
Leica Microsystems GmbH
Specimen harvesting
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH
Light pipes
Docter Optics GmbH
Terahertz laser
Toptica Photonics AG
Tabletop TCSPC
Becker & Hickl GmbH
Imaging System
Toshiba Imaging Systems Div.
Multispectral cameras
FluxData Inc.
Color LCDs
Richardson Electronics
Microscope illuminator
DiCon Fiberoptics Inc.
Array plates
Incom Inc.
Diode laser
Coherent Inc.
Fluorescence detector
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc.
Linear motor stage
Danaher Motion
Microlaser
Zap Laser LLC
Sequencing technology
Invitrogen Corp.
Illumination system
Olympus Life Science Europa GmbH
Diode lasers
Dilas
UV-curable adhesive
Master Bond Inc.
Nanosphere conjugates
Carestream Molecular Imaging
Touch-screen display
NDS Surgical Imaging
Medical device adhesive
Dymax Corp.

News and Features
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Nomar Medical Starts Approval Trials
Nomir Medical Technologies Inc. of Waltham, Mass., a medical device company, has announced the...
Leica, Acquires Coretech, McCormick Assets
Precision optical system designer and producer Leica Microsystems GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany, has...
GE Healthcare Wins FDA OK for CT Scanner
The LightSpeed CT750 HD from GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, UK, a transformational medical...
Alma Lasers Wins Approval from FDA
The Harmony(XL) from Alma Lasers Ltd. of Caesarea, Israel, a developer and marketer of laser, light...
Research Groups Launch Cancer Project
Research organizations from around the world have announced the launch of the International Cancer...
Agilent, Signature Genomic Sign Supply Pact
Measurement company Agilent Technologies Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., and Signature Genomic...
Purdue Sets Up Instrument Development Center
Purdue University of West Lafayette, Ind., has established the Center for Analytical...
Lumintex Forms Clinical, Research Center
Luminetx Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., has formed a Clinical Operations division at its company to...
Biodent Technologies Wins DARPA grant
Bioident Technologies Inc. of San Francisco, a mobile analytic and diagnostic systems developer,...
Nikon, Northwestern Join on Microscopy Project
Nikon Instruments Inc. of Melville, N.Y., and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine...
Thermo Fisher Acquires Chemito Technology
In Waltham, Mass., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has acquired the analytical technologies and...
Axsun, Lantis Laser Ink Supply Pact
Advanced photonic components and subsystems developer and manufacturer Axsun Technologies Inc. of...
Medisight, Wisconsin U in Research Accord
MGT Capital Investments Inc.’s subsidiary Medicsight PLC of London, a developer of computer-aided...
Spectros, Caliper Lifer Sign Agreement
Portola Valley, Calif.-based Spectros Corp., an advanced molecular sensing and imaging devices...
Omniguide Raises $25 Million in VC Finanace
OmniGuide Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., a developer of laser scalpels for minimally invasive surgery,...
Berthold Leibinger Announces Award
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH of Ditzingen, Germany, has selected the recipient of its Berthold...
Shimadzu Partners with Thomas Scientific
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments of Kyoto, Japan, has partnered with Thomas Scientific of...
Spectranetics Acquires Kensey Nash Business
Spectranetics Corp. of Colorado Springs, Colo., has closed a transaction to acquire the...
Varian Medical Wins Toshiba Supply Pact
In Palo Alto, Calif., Varian Medical Systems Inc. has received a three-year, $320 million contract...
Siemens Medical Wins FDA market OK
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has received FDA 510(k) market clearance for...
Carestream Molecular Partners with Labrepco on Sales
Carestream Molecular Imaging of New Haven, Conn., the manufacturer of Kodak molecular imaging...
Guided Therapeutics, Options Konika Minolta License
Guided Therapeutics Inc. of Norcross, Ga., has entered into a collaborative option to license and...
Gentel Bioscience Licenses PriTest Technology
Protein microarray life sciences company Gentel Biosciences Inc. of Madison, Wis., has obtained an...
Lutronic Wins FDA Market Approval
Lutronic Inc. of Princeton Junction, N.J., a medical laser systems developer and manufacturer, has...
Live-cell imaging with quantum dots made from nontoxic materials
Compared with classical fluorescent dyes such as fluorescein, quantum dots emit brighter...
A magnetic probe for pH and, perhaps, disease
There could be a new way to detect disease, researchers say. The technique uses MRI of...
MRI reveals brain connections behind face recognition
Despite their apparent differences, monkeys and people have some things in common. One is face...
CT assesses risk for emergency room chest pain patients
More than 4 million Americans who visit emergency departments for chest pain each year are admitted...
Perceiving the present causes illusions
A tenth of a second doesn’t sound like much. However, in that time a jogger will cover more than a...
Getting the most out of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes have been proposed for imaging and therapy, but the electronic properties and the...
Venture capitalists bet big on biotechnology
Venture capitalists invested $29.4 billion last year, with biotechnology and medical devices...

Post Scripts
Microscope reveals ‘Nutcracker Man’ may not live up to his name
Half a century ago, scientists uncovered the 1.2- to 2.3-million-year-old bones of Paranthropus...

Research
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Technique could be useful for quantifying response to therapies
By exploiting high-throughput microscopy and a new cell line, researchers have uncovered how the...
OCT image interpretation algorithms detect bladder cancer automatically
Bladder cancer currently is diagnosed by visualizing the bladder with an endoscope and taking a...
Researchers use GFP, FRET to image single HIV-1 virus particles
Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York City have provided further evidence toward...
Measuring viscosity with fluorescence lifetime imaging
A number of diseases and malfunctions at the cellular level can be attributed, at least in part, to...
Relationships are not always easy — to study, that is
In the past two decades, researchers concerned with the interplay between microorganisms and the...

Technology Solutions
Fast multiphoton microscope can record firing of neurons in 3-D
Neurons receive, process and transmit electrical impulses that underlie how humans think and feel....
Tackling tuberculosis using new optical imaging technology
The World Health Organization lists tuberculosis as one of the most serious infectious diseases: It...