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EPFL’s New Technique Combines Lasers and Microfluidics to Enhance Tissue-Engineering

The medical field of the future is most likely to include wide-ranging tissue-engineering technologies such as organoids (tiny organs grown from stem cells) and organs-on-chips. However this prediction is made based on a simple yet demanding task – manipulating cellular performance in three dimensions.

24 Jun 2016

Researchers Develop New Super-Resolution Imaging Method to Map Dynamic Binding of Proteins

Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have developed a new method, using super-resolution microscopy, to determine the length of stretched proteins in living cells, and monitor the dynamic binding of proteins, at sub-second timescales. This study was published in Nano Letters in May 2016.

20 Jun 2016

New Molecular Imaging Technique Allows Oncologists to Optimize Radiotherapy Dose

Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse—a rare, elusive and persevering force linked to discouraging long-term survival rates.

14 Jun 2016

MIT Researchers Explore New Mechanism to Modify Diffusivity of Optical Devices

A team of researchers from the Media Lab of MIT and Harvard University is looking at a novel mechanism that can alter the diffusivity of an optical device or the extent to which it disperses light by immersing particles of glass in a fluid.

13 Jun 2016

French Laser Society Meeting to Feature Presentation on New Clinical Results of UltraPulse CO2 Laser System

Lumenis Ltd., the world’s largest energy-based medical device company for surgical, aesthetic and ophthalmic applications, announced that results from the clinical case series analyzing the UltraPulse® CO2 laser system will be presented at the upcoming Journee Parisienne Du Laser, a French laser society meeting that will be held in Paris from June 3-4, 2016.

3 Jun 2016

Optogenetics Could Help Treat Fear-Related Diseases

Raül Andero Galí, a researcher at Harvard University and one of the heads of the "Neurobiology of Stress and Addiction" research team at the Institut de Neurociències (INc) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), published a research paper in which memory was increased using optogenetics. This is the first time light stimulation has been utilized to boost memory.

2 Jun 2016

Optovue Announces Commercial Availability of AngioVue Retina Imaging System

Optovue, the global leader in the development of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA), today announced immediate availability of AngioVue™ Retina, a proprietary imaging system that provides retina specialists with a non-invasive, dyeless way to quickly visualize blood flow in the retina, the light sensitive portion in the back of the eye.

2 Jun 2016

Pixium Vision Gets MHRA Approval to Initiate Clinical Trial with IRIS II Bionic Vision System

Pixium Vision, a company developing innovative bionic vision systems to allow patients who have lost their sight to lead more independent lives, today announced that it has received approval from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK to initiate a clinical trial for patients who have lost sight due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with the IRIS®II bionic vision system.

31 May 2016

Two New Optical Devices Could Potentially Accelerate Disease Diagnosis

Two new optical devices could reduce the need to take tissue samples during medical examinations and operations and to then send them for testing - potentially speeding up diagnosis and treatment and cutting healthcare costs.

26 May 2016

Perimeter’s OTIS 1.0 Optical Coherence Tomography System Earns FDA Clearance

Perimeter Medical Imaging, Inc., an innovative medical imaging company whose mission is to revolutionize tissue removal surgery for surgeons and patients, today announced receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its OTISTM 1.0 Optical Coherence Tomography System.

25 May 2016