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Paris, 15 january 2013
3D mapping of lipid orientation in biological tissues such as skin
A non-invasive method that makes it possible to observe in situ how assemblies of lipids are oriented in biological tissues, and which does not require any labeling or preparation, has been developed by physicists from the Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences (CNRS / Inserm / École Polytechnique). This work, published on the 14 January 2013 in the online journal Physical Review X, should enable the detection and characterization of certain pathologies associated with molecular disorders in the skin or in the nervous tissue.
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References:
Probing ordered lipid assemblies with polarized third-harmonic generation microscopy. Maxwell Zimmerley, Pierre Mahou, Delphine Débarre, Marie-Claire Schanne-Klein and Emmanuel Beaurepaire. Physical Review X, 14 January 2013.
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Contact information:
CNRS researcher l Emmanuel Beaurepaire l T +33 (0)1 69 33 50 21 l
emmanuel.beaurepaire@polytechnique.edu
CNRS press officer l Priscilla Dacher l T +33 (0)1 44 96 46 06 l priscilla.dacher@cnrs-dir.fr
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