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Four Gold Standards for Measuring Ligand-Binding Affinity
Four Gold Standards for Measuring Ligand-Binding Affinity
Introduction to Ligand-Binding Affinity Ligand-bound complexes are the basis of many reactions in biochemistry and pharmacology. Millions of these biochemical reactions take place in a human body every ...
Nanomedicine: Applications of Quantum Dots
Nanomedicine: Applications of Quantum Dots
Introduction Humankind has had its eyes on the microscopic world for centuries. Jonathan Swift illustrated the fantastically tiny world of the Lilliputians in his classic novel, Gulliver’s Travels. Dr. ...
How will Optical Fiber Probes Shape the Future of Medicine?
How will Optical Fiber Probes Shape the Future of Medicine?
How often do we think about the importance of optical fiber probes in biomedical applications? When we think of optical engineering applications in the medical field, we often think of lasers, MRI ...
Photonics in Medicine: Top 5 Biomedical Impacts
Photonics in Medicine: Top 5 Biomedical Impacts
Researchers began manipulating laser technologies to use in scientific research long time ago. Which began as abstract exploration of the behavior of light and its interaction with nature, soon turned into ...
Dynamic Laparoscopic Graspers For Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dynamic Laparoscopic Graspers For Minimally Invasive Surgery
Developers at Briteseed, a biotechnology company in Illinois, devised a handheld prototype that they say will make it significantly easier for surgeons to locate blood vessels during minimally invasive ...