China Researchers Clear Blocked Blood Vessels with Lasers
April 26, 2013 at 10:59 AM EDT
Using lasers as optical tweezers, China scientists have picked apart a blockage in the capillaries of a mouse ear, cell by cell. The work was done by Yin-Mei Li, PhD, and her team from the University of Science and Technology in China in Hefei. The researchers explained that the weak forces generated by light passing through molecules were strong enough to allow the cells to be manipulated. More details.... Share this with colleagues: // //