Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionize diagnostics
Date: 24.5.2008
A **new technology** with research and clinical application including the **early detection of disease** has been invented and developed by University of Queensland researchers.
Dr Krassen Dimitrov, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, has developed **fluorescent “barcodes”** called **nanostrings**, offers greater sensitivity and accuracy than current detection methods.
"The University of Queensland":[ http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=14763]
