In the effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, Bruker is proud that its instruments are being used to ensure quality levels of reprocessed filtering face pieces (FFP) commonly known as facemasks.

Bruker's BioSpin PreClinical Imaging Division reports the use of the Bruker SkyScan 1278 in vivo micro-CT system at the KU Leuven, Belgium, to support COVID-19-focused research.

Neuro-oncology research can benefit from robust translational in vitro models to gain greater understanding of brain tumor progression in order to develop new therapeutic interventions. Live-cell analysis enables long-term measurements of brain tumor.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play key roles in cell-to-cell communication. EVs can cross biological barriers (such as the blood-brain barrier) and get internalized into the cell with a high degree of specificity.

The ability to monitore and quantitate lung disease in real time is an advantage to using small animal microCT. Also, 3D analysis provides data about the whole lung instead of the snap-shots associated with conventional analysis techniques.

The goal of breast cancer surgery is to remove all of the cancer with a minimum of normal tissue, but absence of full 3-dimensional information on the specimen makes this difficult to achieve.

Soft tissue sarcomas pose a significant clinical challenge, with approximately 12,000 new diagnoses and an estimated 4,700 sarcoma-related deaths per year.