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Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis compound | Chemistry World

Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis compound | Chemistry World - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and, as there is no cure, early diagnosis is crucial for treatment to be effective. To this end, UK and US scientists have developed a labelled tracer compound that binds to plaques closely associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) so that the plaques can be picked up by a medical imaging technique.(10.1039/c2cc38443d)

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Bioimaging: Aim for the stars

Bioimaging: Aim for the stars - Glucose-amine rings turn star-shaped fluorescent dyes into powerful probes for imaging cancer cells in three dimensions.(10.1002/chem.201200849)

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Trapping light in a carbon net

Trapping light in a carbon net - Graphene, an ordered monolayer of carbon, is the thinnest substance known, and yet has extraordinary mechanical strength. A new study shows that its two-dimensional network of atoms can even trap light. Reference: F. Keilmann et al, 'Gate-tuning of graphene plasmons revealed by infrared nano-imaging,' Nature (2012) doi:10.1038/nature11253