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Researchers have used gold nanoparticles as orientation sensors by combining their plasmonic properties with polarization imaging techniques and tracking them using photothermal imaging, according to an article published online Feb. 1 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has given researchers at Rice University and the Texas Heart Institute (THI) $1 million to refine MRI technology in such a way as to make it sensitive enough to help guide adult stem cells to repair damaged hearts.
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Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have reportedly developed a nanoparticle that integrates multiple functionalities by providing the ability to enhance two different imaging technologies simultaneously--fluorescence optical imaging and MRI--that may allow for diagnosis and treatment of tumors.
Researchers from the U.K. and Germany have used a laser to release peptides from microcapsules introduced into cells, according to a study published in the October issue of the journal Small.
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