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FRET Ventures Out of the Lab Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) offers a unique means of visualizing biological activ...	Nanobarcodes Check Out Genes Genes carry information that controls the physical development and behavior of every biological org...
Optical Traps Illuminate the Subcellular World Optical trapping has been utilized in endeavors as varied as microfabrication, particle sorting and...	Watching Golgi Maturation Within cells, the Golgi apparatus gets things where they need to go. An organelle found in all euk...

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Detecting microbes, in space and on Earth

Cleanliness isn’t just next to godliness in space habitats, it is vital to survival. Microbes...

New technology permits 3-D visualization of breast cancer

Mammograms can be unpleasant enough. But then, women are often called back to the hospital because ...

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FRET-based drug screen detects kinases Kinases switch cellular pathways on and off by phosphorylating cellular components. They are ideal ...	3-D model reveals cancer cell motility Most cancers become fatal when cells break away from the primary tumor and travel through the blood...
Single-cell elasticity measured by atomic force microscopy The effect of external forces on living cells holds importance in areas of study such as tissue eng...	New simulations tell the whole tooth Spectral measurements can be used to indicate tooth decay and to help developers of dental prosthes...
Luciferase-based cancer drug screen tested Because the p53 gene has mutated and does not function properly in more than half of all human canc...	MRI-guided ultrasound delivers drug to brain The blood-brain barrier prevents harmful substances from entering the brain, but it also obstructs ...
MEMS-based scanning device facilitates microendoscopy Line-scanning rates of up to 1 kHz are important for imaging fast biological processes such as bloo...	Olympus Tokyo-based Olympus has relocated its headquarters for the Americas from Melville, N.Y., to Center ...
Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Inc. Ophthalmic Imaging Systems Inc. of Sacramento, Calif., will partner with International Vision Netwo...	Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of San Francisco has given $5.6 million to California Institu...
Affymetrix Inc. Affymetrix Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has given nonexclusive access to Epigenomics AG of Berlin f...	PerkinElmer Inc. PerkinElmer Inc. of Wellesley, Mass., has announced two multiyear partnerships with Johns Hopkins U...
Boston Instruments LLC Boston Instruments LLC of Chelmsford, Mass., has acquired Pro2Kem Inc. in an effort to develop and ...	Health Discoveries Corp. Health Discoveries Corp. of Savannah, Ga., has entered into a nonexclusive global licensing agreeme...
InSightec Ltd. InSightec Ltd., a subsidiary of Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd. of Tel Aviv, Israel, has signed an agree...	Hyphenated Systems Hyphenated Systems of Burlingame, Calif., will provide Purdue University’s microfluidics labo...
Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories of Livermore, Calif., and Monsanto Co. of St. Louis have announced a t...	Ciphergen Biosystems Inc. Ciphergen Biosystems Inc. of Fremont and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. of Hercules, both in Calif., hav...
Schering AG Schering AG of Berlin and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. of Philadelphia are collaborating to devel...	BioMachines Inc. BioMachines Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., will expand service offerings through its newly e...

As We Go To Press

Brain stimulation and functional MRI work together Researchers at University College London’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience have found tha...	Nanowire bar codes enable detection of biowarfare agents A team of researchers from California has introduced metallic-striped nanowires to aid in detecting...
Flower color offers a warm welcome to bees Pollinators often use floral color signals as an indication of nutritional reward. Because bees ha...	MRI boosts confidence in brain tumor treatments Patients with brain tumors and their physicians alike soon may have more confidence in surgical tr...
Brain scans reveal tobacco addiction mechanism Many smokers express the desire to stop, and although many receive extensive treatments, fewer tha...

From The Journals

Enhanced MRI Although oncologists regularly use MRI to fulfil cancer-imaging needs, they tend to supplement it w...	Microfluidics and optics High-throughput assays can be performed using microfluidic devices, but optics have remained off th...
Classifying tumors Microarray analysis has been used to find new subclasses in disease states and to identify biologic...

Research

Fluorescent quantum dots encapsulated in viruses A new era of fluorescent probes for biology was ushered in by GFP. Now researchers at Indiana Unive...	Behind the Building of Microscopic Skeletons Although bacteria construct exoskeletons without thinking about it, researchers still puzzle over ...
Scientists synthesize more sensitive sensor Devices for biological, chemical and photonic sensing have uses in medical diagnostics, environment...	Scientists harness photoacoustic effect for imaging Researchers at Texas A&M University in College Station have developed a method for using the ph...
Researchers improve highly fluorescent dyes Although the high fluorescent intensity of Bodipy dyes makes them desirable for use in biochemical ...	Method developed for testing and comparing microscope performance Optical microscopes can be found in all areas of biological research: from studies monitoring trans...

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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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