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Light-Controlled On/Off Switch Allows Scientists to Control Brain Cells

Gero Miesenböck was the first to insert a light-controlled on/off switch into brain cells. His pioneering method allows scientists to switch nerve cells on and off selectively and observe how the behaviour of, for example, fruit flies or mice changes as a result.

4 Nov 2015

$Clinical Data on ReVision Optics’ Raindrop Microscopic Hydrogel Inlay Published in Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery$

Clinical Data on ReVision Optics’ Raindrop Microscopic Hydrogel Inlay Published in Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery

ReVision Optics, Inc. (RVO), a leader in implantable presbyopia-correcting corneal inlay technology, announces that clinical data on the company’s Raindrop® Near Vision Inlay was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery.

3 Nov 2015

Overall World Revenue for Medical Laser Systems Forecast to Reach $1.7 Billion in 2015

Medical laser systems – our new study reveals trends, R&D progress, and predicted revenues.

3 Nov 2015

New Imaging Method to Minimize Risks Associated with Gallbladder Surgery

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive procedure for gallbladder removal, and one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide.

30 Oct 2015

Noninvasive Heart CT Scans Better at Spotting Clogged Arteries

Results of a head-to-head comparison study led by Johns Hopkins researchers show that noninvasive CT scans of the heart's vessels are far better at spotting clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the commonly prescribed exercise stress that most patients with chest pain undergo.

27 Oct 2015

New Software Creates 3-D Map of the Brain

The animal brain is so complex, it would take a supercomputer and vast amounts of data to create a detailed 3-D model of the billions of neurons that power it.

26 Oct 2015

Berkeley Lab Part of Consortium to Build World's First Total-Body PET Scanner

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have set out to help build the world's first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a medical imaging device that could change the way cancers and other diseases are diagnosed and treated.

22 Oct 2015

Carestream Introduces New Lower-Priced Portable Mobile X-Ray Imaging System

Carestream unveiled a new lower-priced mobile X-ray imaging system that can be purchased as a CR system and easily upgraded to wireless DR technology to gain faster image access and automated features.

22 Oct 2015

Optogenetics Helps Control Excitation Waves in Heart Cells

We depend on electrical waves to regulate the rhythm of our heartbeat. When those signals go awry, the result is a potentially fatal arrhythmia. Now, a team of researchers from Oxford and Stony Brook universities has found a way to precisely control these waves - using light. Their results are published in the journal Nature Photonics on 19 October.

20 Oct 2015

MIT Spinout Develops Smartphone-Powered Eye-Test Device

After five years of development and about 40,000 tests worldwide, the smartphone-powered eye-test devices developed by MIT spinout EyeNetra is coming to hospitals, optometric clinics, optical stores, and even homes nationwide.

20 Oct 2015