Retinal imaging company Optos plc announced promising clinical study results using its ultra-widefield auto-fluorescence retinal imaging in a study of age-related macular disease (AMD) at the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Annual Meeting held in Vancouver this week.
Read More >>Three University of Massachusetts-Amherst scientists will study folding and misfolding of secretory proteins in the cell’s protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, where misfolding can lead to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis. They have also received a four-year, $1.2 million EUREKA grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete this work.
Read More >>Imec (Leuven, Belgium) and its project partners announced the launch of the European Seventh Framework Project MIRACLE, which aims to develop an operational lab-on-chip for isolating and detecting circulating and disseminated tumor cells (CTCs and DTCs) in blood. The new lab-on-chip is an essential step towards faster and cost-efficient diagnosis of cancer.
Read More >>A new imaging system using six different wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the eyeball (ocular fundus) may pave the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common diseases of the eye, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
Read More >>A 5.8% yearly increase in the molecular imaging device market is expected to increase to $6.6 billion worldwide by 2014, according to a market research report from Kalorama Information.
Read More >>An angle-supported phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) remained stable in the anterior segment after pupil dilation three months post-surgery, according to a recent study.
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Barbara G. Goode, Editor in Chief of BioOptics World, has spent more than 20 years writing about technology. She also writes and edits for Laser Focus World; and previously served as chief editor for Small Times and Sensors, where she covered various technologies for medical and other uses. The BioOptics Worldview blog aims to provide useful analysis of technical and market advances in lasers, optics, and imaging for the life sciences.
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