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Lab-on-a-Chip Cuts Costs of Sophisticated Lab Tests

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | September 30, 2015 at 3:15 am , by synadmn

Engineers at Rutgers University have designed a three-inch long, and one-inch wide device that can replace benchtop assays and perform complex analyses using 90 percent less sample fluid than a...

Ultrasonic Irradiation to enhance Chemotherapy

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | September 28, 2015 at 4:05 am , by synadmn

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Chemotherapy is a major component of modern cancer treatment, yet its efficacy is limited by its serious toxic effects on normal tissue. Drug dosages are therefore often inadequate for complete...

Confocal Microscopy helps reveal presence of four-stranded DNA in Living Cells

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | September 25, 2015 at 4:53 am , by synadmn

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Researchers are working to understand the four-stranded DNA structures thought to play a role in regulating how genes are switched on and off. To accomplish this, they have created a...

Optics in the Molecular Imaging Race

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | September 23, 2015 at 2:41 am , by synadmn

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Interest in molecular imaging has exploded in the last decade, with a solidly established market for pre-clinical small-animal imaging and with steady growth in the demand for human imaging systems...

Spinal Neuron Connections Probed with Fluorescence Microscopy

Posted in: Blog, Polymer Optics | September 21, 2015 at 5:32 am , by synadmn

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Using two-photon fluorescence microscopy, researchers have gained new insight into how the spinal cord mediates commands from the brain to get the body moving. The findings could help identify ways...

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Recent Posts by synadmn

Lab-on-a-Chip Cuts Costs of Sophisticated Lab Tests

Ultrasonic Irradiation to enhance Chemotherapy

Confocal Microscopy helps reveal presence of four-stranded DNA in Living Cells

Optics in the Molecular Imaging Race

Spinal Neuron Connections Probed with Fluorescence Microscopy

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