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  • noun biochemistry, physics The study of the interaction of individual photons with biological structures

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bio- +‎ photonics

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  • It's a common, simple application arising from the scientific field called biophotonics, biomedical photonics or photomedicine, a discipline in which light is at the heart of all research.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • Enter so-called "biophotonics" technology tools, such as PWS.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Russian, German, and other biophotonics experts, adopting the term "biophotons" from Fritz Albert Popp, have theorized that they may be involved in various cell functions, such as mitosis, or even that they may be produced and detected by the DNA in the cell nucleus.

    A Biophotonic Theory of Evolution William Harryman 2007

  • Diana Bratu, an assistant professor of biophotonics at Hunter College in New York, says she and others have developed ways to light up RNA, but they've had problems: "Delivery of previous techniques into living cells has been difficult," she says.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Diana Bratu, an assistant professor of biophotonics at Hunter College in New York, says she and others have developed ways to light up RNA, but they've had problems: "Delivery of previous techniques into living cells has been difficult," she says.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The focus of this laboratory is to investigate minimally invasive novel optical methods for cancer detection and therapy using biophotonics applications and nanotechnology.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • The focus of this laboratory is to investigate minimally invasive novel optical methods for cancer detection and therapy using biophotonics applications and nanotechnology.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • The focus of this laboratory is to investigate minimally invasive novel optical methods for cancer detection and therapy using biophotonics applications and nanotechnology.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • "It will allow us to track cells - for example, an antibody that is a marker for cancer - over a long period of time," Lin said, adding that the material can be used in biophotonics, biomedicine and molecular biotechnology. products from reliable chinese wholesalers on DHgate. com!

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • Stemmer Imaging and Z-Laser are offering laser modules that have applications in machine vision, industrial inspection, metrology, medical engineering, biophotonics, fluorescence and spectroscopy.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

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