New Fluorescent Probes Detect Reactive Oxygen Species

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 09:17 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 -- superoxide and the hydroxide radical -- in cells, tissue and, for the first time, in vivo.

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