X-Message-Number: 27286 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:27:21 -0500 From: Jonathan Despres <> Subject: Purdue's Gold Nanorods Brighten Future For Medical Imaging Researchers at Purdue University have taken a step toward developing a new type of ultra-sensitive medical imaging technique that works by shining a laser through the skin to detect tiny gold nanorods injected into the bloodstream. In tests with mice, the nanorods yielded images nearly 60 times brighter than conventional fluorescent dyes, including rhodamine, commonly used for a wide range of biological imaging to study the inner workings of cells and molecules. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nanotech-05zzzzo.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27286