New fluorescent probes detect reactive oxygen species

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 13:49 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have created a new family of fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species. Reactive oxygen species are highly reactive metabolites of oxygen that have been implicated in a variety of inflammatory diseases, including cancer and atherosclerosis...

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