Biomedical optics
Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies
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Feb 9, 2007
Could photodynamic therapy be failing to reach its true potential owing to the lack of a standard dose measurement? Mike Patterson discusses PDT dosimetry.
Cold plasma therapy: all sorts of possibilities
Jan 26, 2007
Gas plasmas will one day be used for non-contact, painless, therapeutic functions such as disinfection and non-inflammatory tissue removal, claims Eva Stoffels-Adamowicz.
Tissue engineering: a call for standardization
Jan 5, 2007
The growth of cultured tissue is a promising, yet commercially immature, technology. Paul Tomlins examines the pressing need for standards for tissue scaffolds and tissue engineering.
Physics meets biology: a convergence of interest
Aug 7, 2006
Advances in biophotonics and supercomputing signal a bright future for biophysics research, write Jason Crain and Will Hossack.