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OCT Moves from Clinic to OR to . . . Home? Optical coherence tomography has proved its worth in the physician’s office, but now it wants ...	Dynamic Phase-Shifting Microscopy Tracks Living Cells The ability to instantaneously measure live cells – and follow motions and processes over time...
Maldi-MS Making a Strong Comeback From cancer diagnosis and prognosis to the effects of applying medical leeches, the applications of ...	Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Characterizes Biomaterials Biomaterial characterization at the nanoscale is gathering interest, as a better understanding of pr...

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Agreements boost health of medical photonics The medical photonics industry got a little stronger recently, thanks to business deals that will ex...	Bioptigen Inc. Technology company Bioptigen Inc. of Durham, N.C., has received clearance from Health Canada to begi...
Carl Zeiss Meditec Jena, Germany-based medical technology company Carl Zeiss Meditec announced that it started the 2011...	Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. A developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, Palomar Medical Technologies Inc. of Bur...
The Medical College of Wisconsin The Medical College of Wisconsin, based in Milwaukee, has received a $250,000 four-year career devel...	Kalorama Information Health care market research publisher Kalorama Information reported that, driven by innovative devic...
NinePoint Medical Inc. A developer of medical devices for in vivo pathology, NinePoint Medical Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., ha...	ProPhotonix Ltd. ProPhotonix Ltd. of Salem, N.H., has reported a narrowed 2011 net loss but a revenue increase of 12 ...

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Liquid lasers detect cancer genes Genes linked to cancer and other diseases may now be simpler to detect with a new liquid laser techn...	Morpho butterfly wings inspire thermal imagers Mother Nature’s 5 million year old butterfly design has led to the development of a...
Inorganic glass LEDs emit in the UV Embedding nanocrystals in glass produces inorganic LEDs that emit in the difficult-to-achieve ultrav...	Optical material tailored from DNA The DNA-origami technique has enabled the construction of nanospiral staircases from artificial bloc...
Quantum dots switch neurons on, off Light from electrons confined by quantum dots has been used to activate and control targeted brain n...	Petal-shaping inspires photopatterning tool Nature’s ability to shape a petal has inspired a new tool that uses photolithography and...
Spectroscopy reveals breast tumors early A new imaging technology that reveals subtle changes in breast tissue represents a potential tool fo...	Fiber laser points to woven medical tools, 3-D displays A multidirectional fiber laser could herald flexible 3-D displays and medical tools that activate th...
Controlling weeds with lasers Weed growth now can be impaired using a carbon dioxide laser beam in the infrared range to destroy t...

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BioPhotonics magazine explores the way light interacts with life through discussion of the application of photonic products and techniques to solve problems for designers, engineers, researchers, product developers, system integrators and others in the fields of medicine, biology and biotechnology.

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