Monday, November 21, 2011

New 'Smart' Material Could Help Tap Medical Potential of Tissue-Penetrating Light

ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2011) — Scientists are reporting development and successful initial testing of the first practical "smart" material that may supply the missing link in efforts to use in medicine a form of light that can penetrate four inches into the human body. Their report on the new polymer or plastic-like material, which has potential for use in diagnosing diseases and engineer new human tissues in the lab, appears in ACS' journal Macromolecules.

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