Medición de las densidades de masa molecular con resolución subcelular mediante tomografía de difracción óptica

Kyoohyun Kim1,2, Abin Biswas1,2,3, Jochen Guck4,5

  • 1Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.

Resumen

La tomografía de difracción óptica (ODT) permite una medición precisa y libre de etiquetas de la densidad de masa biológica. Esta técnica ofrece nuevos conocimientos sobre los procesos celulares y los estados de la enfermedad mediante la cuantificación de la distribución de densidad en las células y estructuras subcelulares.

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