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SUMMARY:Multispectral optoacoustic tomography for advancing  biological di
 scovery 
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos\nWhile microscopic imaging is seei
 ng continuous progress\, there has traditionally been a characteristic abs
 ence of methods that can non-invasively image living tissues beyond the pe
 netration depths of modern microscopy\, i.e. about 0.5mm achieved by multi
 -photon microscopy. Yet there are many biological organisms and animals th
 at are increasingly used in biological and drug discovery research: from d
 eveloping insects and worms to fish\, mice and rats.  Correspondingly\, b
 iological imaging has revolved around either selecting virtually transpare
 nt specimen for in-vivo observations\, performing histological post-mortem
  observations or chemically treating specimen to reduce tissue scattering.
 \n\nFor the past years however powerful methods have emerged that can “l
 ook” deeper than microscopic methods and allow macroscopic tissue interr
 ogation at the molecular level. By utilizing optical and optoacoustic impl
 ementations\, tomographic techniques and agents that target molecular cont
 rast with specificity\, we have recently shown that it is possible to non-
 invasively  visualize molecular processes in living organisms\, from non-
 transparent insects and fish to small animals and humans.
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