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Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between radiation (electromagnetic radiation, or light, as well as particle radiation) and matter.

Research offers first structural insights into 'client' protein shape in chaperone presence

In the constantly morphing field of protein structure, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute offer yet another surprise: a common "chaperone" protein in cells thought to help other proteins fold has been shown instead to loosen them.

4 Apr 2011

Breast cancer specialists offer new technology for patients to detect early-stage lymphedema

Breast cancer specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are offering patients new ways to detect early signs of lymphedema, a common side effect of breast cancer surgery that causes painful, debilitating and disfiguring swelling in the arms following removal of lymph nodes.

28 Mar 2011

Morphologi G3 Raman chemical identification of contaminant particles

A new application note describing ‘Raman chemical identification of contaminant particles’ is now available on the Malvern Panalytical website. It highlights the ability of the company’s Morphologi G3 equipped with Raman microprobe accessory to target particulate impurities, an area of considerable interest to manufacturers of complex, high value products where control of particle size and shape is crucial.

From Malvern Panalytical 25 Mar 2011

New synchrotron-based imaging technique offers more detailed chemical images

With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and quality. Carol Hirschmugl, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), led a team of researchers from UWM, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to demonstrate these new capabilities.

21 Mar 2011

Journal of Clinical Lipidology publishes LipoScience LDL particle study results against CVD

LipoScience, Inc., a highly innovative diagnostic company that is advancing patient care by developing high value proprietary blood tests using nuclear magnetic resonance technology, today announced publication of a clinical study in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology demonstrating that in many people, low density lipoprotein cholesterol is a less accurate predictor of cardiovascular disease events than LDL particle number.

19 Mar 2011

New findings may open doors for vaccine development against HIV, tuberculosis

Alum is an adjuvant used in many common vaccines, and Canadian researchers have now discovered how it works. The research by scientists from the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine is published in the March 13 online edition of Nature Medicine.

15 Mar 2011

Daylight Solutions ships its 200th commercial laser system for scientific applications

Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced molecular detection, spectroscopic imaging, and high-power illumination solutions, shipped its 200th commercial laser system for scientific applications at the close of 2010.

From Daylight Solutions Inc 14 Mar 2011

Caltech students receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovative disease diagnostic technology works

California Institute of Technology graduate student Guoan Zheng is the recipient of the 2011 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize.

10 Mar 2011

SERS nanosubstrates revolutionize medical diagnostics

Gold-coated substrates of gallium nitride with specifically formed surface, developed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the PAS display worldwide unique properties. Thanks to these new substrates, an extremely sensitive SERS analytical technique, capable of detecting even single molecules, after decades of waiting in specialized laboratories has finally got a chance to widespread and revolutionize medical diagnostics.

4 Mar 2011

Renishaw launches first RUO multiplex assay system

Renishaw Diagnostics Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of surface enhanced Raman scattering and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering, for research and molecular diagnostics applications, today announced the launch of its first research use only multiplex assay system which allows precious research samples to be 'screened' for 10 or more 'targets', from a single sample.

1 Mar 2011

InfraReDx to showcase LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System at CRT 2011

InfraReDx, Inc., a medical device company providing intelligent cardiovascular diagnostic imaging technologies, today announced that its LipiScan™ IVUS Coronary Imaging System will be featured in several presentations during the annual Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2011 meeting, being held February 27 through March 1, 2011 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

24 Feb 2011

Scientists to present research on RMI ability to classify lung, kidney tumors at USCAP meeting

Clinical researchers from Cornell Weil Medical School and University of Chicago Medical School will present research conducted on Raman Molecular Imaging's ability to differentiate diagnostic dilemmas in lung and kidney tumors at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's 100th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26-March 4 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas.

16 Feb 2011

Scientists improve methods for flavanol antioxidant determination in cocoa, chocolate

Two scientific publications report on improved methods for determining the amounts of flavanol antioxidants in cocoa and chocolate. The research, sponsored by The Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition, was a collaboration between scientists at The Hershey Company and other scientific laboratories.

15 Feb 2011

Tiny gold particles can help doctors detect CTCs in blood of patients with head, neck cancer

Tiny gold particles can help doctors detect tumor cells circulating in the blood of patients with head and neck cancer, researchers at Emory and Georgia Tech have found.

14 Feb 2011

Agilent Technologies acquires specific assets of A2 Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of specific assets of A2 Technologies. Financial details were not disclosed for the acquisition, which was first announced Jan. 19.

10 Feb 2011

Physicist creates technology that may enhance pharma industry's early drug discovery capabilities

A Purdue physicist has created technology to detect motion inside three-dimensional tumor spheroids, which may enhance the pharmaceutical industry's early drug discovery capabilities.

10 Feb 2011

Protein cross-linking enzymes in foods can affect physiological characteristics

Protein modification via enzymatic cross-linking is an attractive way for altering food structure so as to create products with increased quality and nutritional value. These modifications are expected to affect not only the structure and physico-chemical properties of proteins but also their physiological characteristics, such as digestibility in the GI-tract and allergenicity.

10 Feb 2011

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Research offers first structural insights into 'client' protein shape in chaperone presence

Breast cancer specialists offer new technology for patients to detect early-stage lymphedema

Morphologi G3 Raman chemical identification of contaminant particles

New synchrotron-based imaging technique offers more detailed chemical images

Journal of Clinical Lipidology publishes LipoScience LDL particle study results against CVD

New findings may open doors for vaccine development against HIV, tuberculosis

Daylight Solutions ships its 200th commercial laser system for scientific applications

Caltech students receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovative disease diagnostic technology works

SERS nanosubstrates revolutionize medical diagnostics

Renishaw launches first RUO multiplex assay system

InfraReDx to showcase LipiScan IVUS Coronary Imaging System at CRT 2011

Scientists to present research on RMI ability to classify lung, kidney tumors at USCAP meeting

Scientists improve methods for flavanol antioxidant determination in cocoa, chocolate

Tiny gold particles can help doctors detect CTCs in blood of patients with head, neck cancer

Agilent Technologies acquires specific assets of A2 Technologies

Physicist creates technology that may enhance pharma industry's early drug discovery capabilities

Protein cross-linking enzymes in foods can affect physiological characteristics

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