, in vivo

Peter Panizzi1, Matthias Nahrendorf, Moritz Wildgruber

  • 1Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Simches Research Building, 185 Cambridge St., Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.

まとめ

研究者は,活性酸素/窒素種 (ROS/NPS) を in vivo で検出する新しいナノ粒子センサーを開発しました. このイメージングプローブは炎症を標的とし,心臓発作などのイベントの後の組織損傷のための新しい予後指標を提供します.

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