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Super-resolution microscopes showcase the inner lives of cells

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th-century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

U.K. startup CellVoyant debuts AI platform that could radically reduce the cost of cell-based therapies such as CAR-T immunotherapy for cancer

CellVoyant, a U.K.-based startup, has launched an AI platform that allows scientists to predict the future health and performance of human cells based on their appearance in microscope images—a ...
GEN

Light Microscopy-Based Connectomics Reconstructs Brain Tissue Including Synaptic Connections

Our brain is a complex organ. Billions of nerve cells are wired in an intricate network, constantly processing signals, enabling us to recall memories or to move our bodies. Making sense of this ...
Nanowerk

New microscope can image, at once, the full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells

A new hybrid microscope for the first time allows scientists to simultaneously image the full 3D orientation and position of an ensemble of molecules, such as labeled proteins inside cells. (Nanowerk ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Super-Resolution Microscopes Are Revealing the Inner Lives of Cells

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseases Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Innovative techniques are helping ...
EurekAlert!

New microscope can image, at once, the full 3D orientation & position of molecules in cells

The polarized diSPIM microscope, which can image full 3D orientation and position of molecules in cells. The instrument was constructed in the Hari Shroff lab at the National Institute of Biomedical ...