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Biophotonics International presents the latest global developments and techniques in the photonics industry to those in the medical and biotechnology fields. Photonics, the science of light, has a history of success in solving clinical and research problems in diverse applications through such products and techniques as spectroscopy, lasers, microscopy, imaging and fiber optics.

Biophotonics International provides a unique source of information to the medical field because photonics products and techniques reach across various disciplines. Readers involved in cardiology, neurosurgery, pharmaceuticals and animal sciences can be reached in one magazine thanks to Biophotonics International's unique coverage of this cutting-edge science.

Each issue contains special applications features plus topical columns such as "Biophotonics in Practice," "Technology Solutions," or "Biophotonics in Research," in addition to the latest industry news, government news, information on courses, conferences, and literature, and new product listings.

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BIO-May-Cover.jpg MAY 2008 | CONTENTS

Features   

Overcoming Optical Challenges to Live-Cell
TIRF Microscopy
by Nicolas B. George, Olympus America Inc.
TIRF microscopy can deliver powerful results, but the challenges in
specimen preparation and equipment capabilities must be kept in mind.
page 30
 

Can the Miracles Promised by Carbon
Nanotubes Be Realized?

by David L. Shenkenberg, Associate News Editor
Research groups are developing carbon nanotubes for imaging
and for therapy in biological environments.

page 34

Robust Optics for Microscopy Applicationspg18.jpg
by R. Todd Belt and Alan C. Graham, Agilent Inc.
Monolithic optics can help simplify and stabilize microscopy optics.

page 40

Trends in Optical Trapping
by Gary Boas, News Editor
No longer just for moving objects from one place to another, optical
trapping has been lately put to use in new and often exciting ways.
page 44


Columns  
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Biophotonics Research 
page 48

  • Laser ablation experiments challenge century-old belief
  • Double the image, double the data
  • Optically tracking transmissions in the brain
  • Boosting FRET sensitivity
  • Uncovering why a blue fluorescent antibody is so bright
  • Metal-enhanced fluorescence could aid photodynamic therapy


Post Scripts

by Rebecca C. Jerniga
Imaging microscopic beauty
page 84

Departments      

Editorial 
page 8

Company Index 
page 10

As We Go To Press
page 12

  • High-speed camera reveals why lizards use hunting strategies
  • Headphones could eliminate MRI sound
  • Forecasting prostate cancer with MRIpg39.jpg
  • Fluorescent green gel fashioned from hybrid materials

Technology Solutions 
page 14

  • Pathology screening, in more ways than one
  • CT and robots join forces in the surgical suite

Biophotonics News 
page 18

  • Mantis shrimps see circularly polarized light
  • Red fluorescent protein derived from Aequorea victoria GFP
  • Video microscopy reveals that bacteria swim to food with
    surprising speed
  • Three-dimensional microscopy reveals unusual cells
  • Diagnosing disease with spectral imagingpg48.jpg
  • Early disease detection through quantum dots
  • Mass spectrometry technique may aid drug discovery
  • MRI techniques capture dopamine neurons in brain stem
  • Micro-LEDs show promise for biology

From the Journals
page 58

From the Clinic
page 60

Courses & Shows
page 61 

New to the Marketpg84.jpg
page 66 

New Media
page 81

Advertiser Index
page 83