Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk

Monday, June 20, 2011 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

The parathyroid glands – four small organs the size of grains of rice located at the back of the throat – glow with a natural fluorescence in the near infrared region of the spectrum.

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