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Biophotonics Monthly: Lasers Make Their Marks on Skin and Tissue Procedures (8/26/2015)

Biophotonics Monthly: Lasers Make Their Marks on Skin and Tissue Procedures

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Lasers Make Their Marks on Skin and Tissue Procedures

Technologically advanced lasers increasingly are being used to treat a wide range of cosmetic and medically related skin conditions, such as resistant tattoo removal and for the treatment of wounds, scars and skin diseases. Patients are benefitting from less pain and shorter recovery times.

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New Smartphone Device Analyzes Blood, Aims to Eradicate Diseases in Africa
A research team led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a new mobile phone microscope capable of analyzing blood. Its primary purpose is to automatically detect and quantify bodily infection caused by parasitic worms.

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Raman Imaging Breakthrough to Advance Cancer Detection

A vibrational spectroscopic imaging technology that can take images of living cells could represent an advanced medical diagnostic tool for the early detection of cancer and other diseases. The electronic device is referred to as a 32-channel tuned amplifier array, or TAMP array, and was developed at Purdue University’s Jonathan Amy Facility for Chemical Instrumentation, which is part of the school’s Department of Chemistry.

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Fluorescent Ink Proposed as Anticounterfeiting Tool
Fluorescent inks could one day be used in multicolored barcodes to authenticate frequently counterfeited products. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the inks are invisible under normal light but reveal themselves under UV illumination.

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Industry Events

Vision in Life Sciences Conference 2015 - November 19, 2015 · San Diego, Calif.

This inaugural one day event will enable you to get a deeper understanding of the technologies that are integral in Life Sciences applications today. In the Life Sciences sector, organizations are all using CCD or CMOS sensors, microscopes, lighting, filters and software to process data to allow their devices and tools to fulfill their purpose.
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Photonics Media is currently seeking technical feature articles on a variety of topics for publication in our magazine BioPhotonics. Please submit an informal 100-word abstract to Editor Rodd Pedrotti at [email protected]

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