Medical Specialties

Medical Specialties

Medical Specialties

Explore a comprehensive collection of scientific and clinical resources tailored for HCPs, including peer insights, clinical case studies, and symposia. Designed for neurosurgeons, ophthalmologists, and specialists in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, ENT, and dentistry. This collection highlights the latest advancements in surgical microscopy. Discover how cutting-edge surgical technologies, such as AR fluorescence, 3D visualization, and intraoperative OCT imaging, empower confident decision-making and precision in complex surgeries.
Fixed patient-derived neuroendocrine tumor organoids labeled with DAPI (cyan) and phalloidin (magenta), imaged using Viventis SCAPE; scale bar 50μm. Courtesy of Marina Cuenca and Heleen Jungen (Dayton lab), EMBL Barcelona.

What’s the Best Organoid Imaging Approach for Early Drug Discovery?

Organoids and other complex in vitro models (CIVMs) are becoming increasingly important in early drug discovery and translational research, driven by the need for more predictive, human-relevant data…

History, Developments and Trends of Microscopy in Cancer Research

Cancer is a global disease, with 18 million new cases diagnosed and 10 million cancer-related deaths worldwide in 2020. This burden is set to increase, with a projected increase in cases of ~55% by…
Leica Microsystems Life Science Product

Predictive Service Prevents Downtime in Ghent

At the VIB BioImaging Core in Ghent, Belgium, researchers depend on Leica’s Stellaris 8 confocal microscope to explore the frontiers of biomedical science. When Leica’s RemoteCare system detected a…
Virally labeled neurons (red) and astrocytes (green) in a cortical spheroid derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. THUNDER Model Organism Imager with a 2x, 0.15 NA objective at 3.4x zoom was used to produce this 425 µm Z-stack (26 positions) which is presented here as an Extended Depth of Field (EDoF) projection. Images courtesy of Dr. F. Birey, Dr. S. Pasca laboratory, Palo Alto, CA.

Guide to Live-Cell Imaging

For a wide range of applications in various research fields of life science, live-cell imaging is an indispensable tool for visualizing cells in a state as close to in vivo, i.e. living and active, as…
Quality assurance during production in a manufacturing plant.

Quality Assurance Improvement Across Industries

Precision is paramount. Imagine a pacemaker that fails mid-operation or a semiconductor flaw that causes a critical system crash. In industries, such as medical devices, electronics, and…
Cell DIVE multiplexed image of FFPE tissue section from human invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)

AI-Powered Hi-Plex Spatial Analysis Tools for Breast Cancer Research

Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Investigating the tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial to elucidate the mechanisms of tumor progression. Systematic…
Final Segmentation of organelles in Trichomonas species. Magenta – costa, light blue – hydrogenosomes, turquoise – ER, red – vacuoles, yellow – axostyle, green – Golgi apparatus.  Sample courtesy of Isabelle Guerin-Bonne, Low Kay En, Electron Microscopy Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Scale bar: 1 µm.

Volume EM and AI Image Analysis

The article outlines a detailed workflow for studying biological tissues in three dimensions using volume-scanning electron microscopy (volume-SEM) combined with AI-assisted image analysis. The focus…
These images illustrate the need for multiple z-slices to capture all gH2Ax foci in a given cell and get an accurate count.

Development and Derisking of CRISPR Therapies for Rare Diseases

This on-demand presentation by Dr. Fyodor Urnov and Dr. Sadik Kassim, originally delivered at ASGCT 2025, focused on a critical challenge in genetic medicine: how to scale CRISPR therapies from…
Cell DIVE multiplexed image of FFPE tissue section from human colon adenocarcinoma tissue.

Multiplexed Imaging Reveals Tumor Immune Landscape in Colon Cancer

Cancer immunotherapy benefits few due to resistance and relapse, and combinatorial therapeutic strategies that target multiple steps of the cancer-immunity cycle may improve outcomes. This study shows…
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