Part of the immune system in the brain is made up of so-called microglia cells. Korean and Singaporean researchers have now developed a fluorescent probe that specifically labels this type of ...

A team of researchers led by Prof. Jiang Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a fast and simple way to detect harmful pesticide ...

Serotonin in depression is highly relevant in diagnosis, treatment, and drug development. To better study this area, a Chinese team has now developed a fluorescent probe for imaging processes that is ...

Fluorescent probes have emerged as powerful tools for the sensitive and real‐time detection of superoxide anions (O₂•⁻) in biological systems. These probes facilitate the visualisation of reactive ...

Carbon monoxide is famous for its toxicity, but recent research suggests that human cells produce the gas themselves. It may even play a critical role in cell signaling. Now researchers report ...

The spatial resolution of conventional optical microscopy is limited by diffraction to ∼200 nm in biological imaging. In recent years, several microscopy techniques have successfully overcome this ...

Detecting problems with lysosomes is the focus of a new set of fluorescent probes. "A lot of diseases are related to problems with lysosome functions," says a chemistry doctoral candidate involved in ...

This is not just another tool to image cancer. The probe is a two-for-one: detect cancer and distinguish one type from another. Together, they develop a cancer fingerprint. Determining the presence of ...

The tension of cell membranes (which are made of lipid bilayers) plays an important role in a host of biological processes, such as cell motility, endocytosis and cell division, but measuring this ...

Chemists report a new fluorescent probe that glows only when bound to a membrane protein of interest (ACS Chem. Biol. 2014, DOI: 10.1021/cb400819c). The labeling method could help researchers track ...

A fluorescent probe lights up the enzyme beta-galactosidase in a cell culture. The glowing probe-enzyme combination could make tumors fluoresce, allowing surgeons to cut away cancer while leaving ...