Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy for the Study of Biological Systems
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- Categories
- Bioengineering, Instrumentation, Medical Devices
- Summary
- Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM) is an emerging technology that combines the strengths of magnetic resonance and force microscopy to achieve high resolution three-dimensional sub-surface imaging of a test substance. WSU researchers have adapted and refined MRFM to study biological systems, such as isolated cells, sub-cellular organelles and other sub-cellular structures, or cellular receptors and proteins, at resolutions ranging from 1 micron to 1 angstrom. MRFM has the potential to significantly impact biomedical research and biotechnology, including the potential to replace x-ray crystallography by directly imaging single-copy molecules.
- File number
- 99-457
- Publications
- U.S. Patent No. 6,683,451 has issued.
- Contact
- Anne DiSante
Director, Technology Transfer Office
Phone: 313-577-5541
Fax : 313-577-2814
anne.disante@wayne.edu