Gas embolization (IMAGE)

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Gas embolization

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Researchers at Tulane University created a treatment that involves vaporizing tiny droplets of perfluorocarbon, a common organic material composed of carbon and fluorine. The method of gas embolization is published in APL Bioengineering. An increase in fluorescence of droplets incubated with DOX indicates the drug's reaction with the droplet shell (top). The confocal microscopy image (bottom left) shows DOX localizing to the droplet shell. Quantifying absorbance of DOX by droplets showed the total systemic dose was reduced by 11.4% (bottom right).

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Jonah S. Harmon

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