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BioPhotonics Monthly Newsletter: Light-Scattering Guides Alzheimer’s Diagnostics and Treatment, Raman Spectroscopy Identifies Disease Characteristics and Structure, and more… (4/26/2023)

BioPhotonics Monthly Newsletter: Light-Scattering Guides Alzheimer’s Diagnostics and Treatment, Raman Spectroscopy Identifies Disease Characteristics and Structure, and more…

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Monthly newsletter focusing on how light-based technologies are being used in the life sciences. Includes news, features and product developments in lasers, imaging, optics, spectroscopy, microscopy, lighting and more. Manage your Photonics Media membership at Photonics.com/subscribe.

Dynamic Light-Scattering Method Could Guide Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Treatment
The early detection of neurologic damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease, before symptoms have appeared, is integral to the development of effective treatments. Early detection, made possible by leveraging dynamic light scattering to identify subtle cellular changes, could facilitate intervention that might prevent progression of the disease. It could even help plot a successful treatment. This technology could not only offer data leading to an early diagnosis of the condition but also help determine drug efficacy at an earlier stage of the disease. And beginning a regimen as soon as possible would shorten the length of drug studies, reducing the associated research costs.

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Raman Spectroscopy Identifies Disease Characteristics and In Vitro Structure
Since the invention of lasers and their integration into Raman spectroscopy systems, the spectroscopy technique has grown in popularity for use in life science and medical applications as a way to noninvasively analyze a sample and identify the component parts. The Raman effect is best measured with monochromatic light sources such as lasers because the wavelength of the scattered photons is different than that of the exciting laser source. This means that the wavelength of the light source is a key specification to consider when developing a Raman spectroscopy system.

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Researchers Test Imaging Modalities For Accessing Tooth Decay
To improve dental health, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco evaluated optical imaging techniques for their efficacy in the identification of secondary tooth decay, which can occur even if a tooth has already been filled. The researchers compared two techniques — (SWIR)radiation reflectance and thermal imaging — with measurements obtained with OCT and micro-computed tomography (MicroCT).

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Superresolution Method Captures Conformational Changes in Proteins
Researchers led by Nobel laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have developed a superresolution microscope with a spatiotemporal precision of 1 nm/ms. The work builds upon the team’s recently introduced MINFLUX superresolution microscopy technology, now enabling users to observe the miniscule movements of single proteins at what the researchers called an unprecedented level of detail.

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Novel Platform Reveals Insights into Large-Scale Brain Network Control
Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine combined fiber photometry with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the dynamic activity of brain regions related to the brain’s default mode network (DMN). With the help of Stanford University scientists — and advanced computational modeling — the researchers obtained results that could provide a more informed model for translational studies.

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Research Project Will Track Tumors with Quantum Imaging
A project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will investigate the viability of quantum optical imaging for tumor diagnostics. Nine project partners, including TU Darmstadt, will explore the issue in the €6.7 million ($7.2 million) “Quancer” project under the framework program “Quantum Technologies: From the Basics to the Market.”

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