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Confocal microscope designed specifically for scientists launched by Caliber ID

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. (Caliber I.D.), an Andover, MA-based medical technologies company with more than 20 years of experience in the design and development of innovative imaging solutions for the examination of tissue at the cellular level, has introduced its first confocal microscope exclusively for the research scientist, the RS-G4.

21 Oct 2015

New Olympus SD-OSR microscope offers both super-resolution and confocal modes in a single system

The new Olympus SD-OSR microscope system features both confocal and super-resolution modes. The technology combines 120-nanometer (nm) resolution, a cell depth penetration of more than 50 microns, and an image speed of three frames per second (3fps) for advanced live cell imaging.

From Yokogawa Life Science 21 Oct 2015

Advances in Whole Mount Brain Imaging

An interview with Patrick Myles, discussing the digitization of whole mount slides and its impact on the field of neurobiological research.

From Huron Technologies 20 Oct 2015

UB study sheds light on the root causes of Huntington's disease

We've known for years that the Huntingtin protein (Htt) is responsible for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that diminishes a person's mental and physical abilities.

19 Oct 2015

SRS microscope technology gives surgeons real-time microscopic vision of brain tumors

Brain tumor tissue can be hard to distinguish from normal brain during surgery. Neurosurgeons use their best judgment in the operating room but often must guess exactly where the edges of the tumor are while removing it.

15 Oct 2015

Merck unveils new global brand as a science and technology company

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the relaunch of its brand identity. The fundamental revision of the visual appearance as well as the introduction of a new logo reflect the transformation into a global science and technology company. At the same time, the brand architecture at business level has been simplified. Outside the United States and Canada, the company will operate uniformly as Merck.

15 Oct 2015

UTEP researchers patent low-cost device that can easily track health of HIV patients

University of Texas at El Paso researchers have patented a low-cost device that can easily monitor the health of HIV patients living in low-resource settings.

14 Oct 2015

VTT examines effectiveness of beauty patch using unique imaging technology

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has analysed the effectiveness of its beauty patch, using a technique for imaging live tissue to demonstrate the patch's beneficial effects on the skin. Preliminary results show that already after two weeks usage the patch together with cosmetic serum adds collagen, which helps skin tissue to stay supple.

14 Oct 2015

UW researchers use noninvasive light-based imaging technology to see inside the living brain

Researchers at the University of Washington have used a noninvasive light-based imaging technology to literally see inside the living brain, providing a new tool to study how diseases like dementia, Alzheimer's, and brain tumors change brain tissue over time.

13 Oct 2015

Physicists use diamonds to detect early-stage cancerous tumours

Physicists from the University of Sydney have devised a way to use diamonds to identify cancerous tumours before they become life threatening.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers identify completely new information on how cancer cells internally transmit signals

A new study from the University of Turku, Finland, shows that intracellular receptor signalling sustains cancer cells that have detached from the surrounding tissue. When the signalling is prevented, the cells cannot spread to other parts of the body. This significant research result influences how cancer research is directed in the future.

8 Oct 2015

New microscope technology may help surgeons work with greater accuracy

Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a prototype of a new microscope technology that could help surgeons work with a greater degree of accuracy. The new technology, call augmented microscopy, overlays images depicting diagnostic information such as blood flow and cancerous tissue over real images of blood vessels and other tissues and structures being viewed in the microscope.

8 Oct 2015

Michigan researchers use Raman spectroscopy to study various childhood diseases

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy, reports on the use of its inVia confocal Raman microscope in the study of various diseases–with a major focus on childhood diseases–at the Children's Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University.

6 Oct 2015

New smartphone-based device can reliably perform molecular diagnoses at low cost

NIBIB-funded researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a smartphone-based device that can reliably carry out molecular diagnoses in under an hour for approximately two dollars per patient. The device could enable point-of-care cancer diagnostics in low- to middle-income or remote areas, which often have high rates of mortality from cancer due to missed opportunities for treatment.

6 Oct 2015

Scientists make progress toward finding new ways to 'smell' signs of cancer

Scientists have been exploring new ways to "smell" signs of cancer by analyzing what's in patients' breath. In ACS' journal Nano Letters, one team now reports new progress toward this goal. The researchers have developed a small array of flexible sensors, which accurately detect compounds in breath samples that are specific to ovarian cancer.

1 Oct 2015

AFM Images of microvilli on live cells taken for the first time

In a just released article in the Journal of Molecular Recognition, Dr. Hermann Schillers et al. report the first visualization of individual microvilli on living cells with atomic force microscopy.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 1 Oct 2015

Research shows why microgravity leads to muscle loss

People can easily feel the presence - or absence - of gravity. Our individual cells actually may be able to sense gravity, too, and that ability could play a role in the loss of muscle that occurs when humans spend time in space.

1 Oct 2015

Novel portable device counts white blood cells in real time

A novel way to count white blood cells without a blood test, simply by applying a small device on the fingertip, is being developed by a team of young bioengineers. The technology, that combines an optical sensor with algorithms, has already three prototypes on the go and is specially designed to be used on chemotherapy patients, who could know their immune system levels in real time. It could also serve to detect serious infections.

30 Sep 2015

Expectant mothers can modify genetic information of their future child, shows new research

A new scientific discovery confirms for the first time that mothers-to-be are capable of modifying the genetics of their future child, even when the egg has been donated.

29 Sep 2015

New technique allows scientists to see blood-forming stem cells present in the bone marrow

A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern has become the first to use a tissue-clearing technique to localize a rare stem cell population, in the process cracking open a black box containing detailed information about where blood-forming stem cells are located and how they are maintained.

24 Sep 2015