LEO Science & Tech Hub (The Hub), a research and development unit of LEO Pharma, has initiated 2 collaborative projects with The Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Hub, which identifies, develops, and funds innovative solutions that improve the lives of patients with skin diseases, will provide research funding to support development of novel imaging technology using a disposable microbiopsy device. Conor L Evans, PhD, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, will lead the project. The Evans Lab’s specializes in microscopy and spectroscopy for understanding cancer and dermatology disorders. The research project collaboration will explore novel imagine technologies that will to enable non-invasive, high-resolution, real-time pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic measurements with help of the lab’s coherent Raman scattering (CRS) technology (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Coherent Raman imaging may one day allow real-time biological measurements to benefit patients. Here’s an image of mouse skin “tuned” into the vibrational frequencies of lipids taken at the surface of skin and shows hairs and the hexagonally packed corneocytes.
The second project includes work with Walfre Franco, PhD, clinical instructor, and Adam Raff, MD, PhD, clinical associate from R Rox Anderson’s Lab. The Anderson Lab will focus on discovering new optical treatments and diagnostics for dermatologic applications, and will seek to develop a suture-free and disposable microbiopsy device that may allow for a non-scarring sampling procedure of full-thickness skin microbiopsies.
"We are excited to enter these collaborations with the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Mass General Hospital and are honored to work with scientists at the forefront of imaging technology and microbiopsy research,” said Michael Sierra, PhD, VP, The Hub. “At LEO Science & Tech Hub, we firmly believe in the power of collective effort and are always seeking cutting-edge technologies to advance non-invasive biopsy and imaging technologies for patients with skin diseases.”
—Julie Gould (Mazurkiewicz)
LEO Science & Tech Hub (The Hub), a research and development unit of LEO Pharma, has initiated 2 collaborative projects with The Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Hub, which identifies, develops, and funds innovative solutions that improve the lives of patients with skin diseases, will provide research funding to support development of novel imaging technology using a disposable microbiopsy device. Conor L Evans, PhD, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, will lead the project. The Evans Lab’s specializes in microscopy and spectroscopy for understanding cancer and dermatology disorders. The research project collaboration will explore novel imagine technologies that will to enable non-invasive, high-resolution, real-time pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic measurements with help of the lab’s coherent Raman scattering (CRS) technology (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Coherent Raman imaging may one day allow real-time biological measurements to benefit patients. Here’s an image of mouse skin “tuned” into the vibrational frequencies of lipids taken at the surface of skin and shows hairs and the hexagonally packed corneocytes.
The second project includes work with Walfre Franco, PhD, clinical instructor, and Adam Raff, MD, PhD, clinical associate from R Rox Anderson’s Lab. The Anderson Lab will focus on discovering new optical treatments and diagnostics for dermatologic applications, and will seek to develop a suture-free and disposable microbiopsy device that may allow for a non-scarring sampling procedure of full-thickness skin microbiopsies.
"We are excited to enter these collaborations with the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Mass General Hospital and are honored to work with scientists at the forefront of imaging technology and microbiopsy research,” said Michael Sierra, PhD, VP, The Hub. “At LEO Science & Tech Hub, we firmly believe in the power of collective effort and are always seeking cutting-edge technologies to advance non-invasive biopsy and imaging technologies for patients with skin diseases.”
—Julie Gould (Mazurkiewicz)
LEO Science & Tech Hub (The Hub), a research and development unit of LEO Pharma, has initiated 2 collaborative projects with The Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The Hub, which identifies, develops, and funds innovative solutions that improve the lives of patients with skin diseases, will provide research funding to support development of novel imaging technology using a disposable microbiopsy device. Conor L Evans, PhD, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, will lead the project. The Evans Lab’s specializes in microscopy and spectroscopy for understanding cancer and dermatology disorders. The research project collaboration will explore novel imagine technologies that will to enable non-invasive, high-resolution, real-time pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic measurements with help of the lab’s coherent Raman scattering (CRS) technology (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Coherent Raman imaging may one day allow real-time biological measurements to benefit patients. Here’s an image of mouse skin “tuned” into the vibrational frequencies of lipids taken at the surface of skin and shows hairs and the hexagonally packed corneocytes.
The second project includes work with Walfre Franco, PhD, clinical instructor, and Adam Raff, MD, PhD, clinical associate from R Rox Anderson’s Lab. The Anderson Lab will focus on discovering new optical treatments and diagnostics for dermatologic applications, and will seek to develop a suture-free and disposable microbiopsy device that may allow for a non-scarring sampling procedure of full-thickness skin microbiopsies.
"We are excited to enter these collaborations with the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Mass General Hospital and are honored to work with scientists at the forefront of imaging technology and microbiopsy research,” said Michael Sierra, PhD, VP, The Hub. “At LEO Science & Tech Hub, we firmly believe in the power of collective effort and are always seeking cutting-edge technologies to advance non-invasive biopsy and imaging technologies for patients with skin diseases.”
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The final session on the first day of Spring Dermatology Week 2024, saw Shawn Kwatra, MD; Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc, FAAD, FACR; Mital Patel-Cohen, MD; and Vishal Patel, MD, discuss their latest case reports in, “Complex Dermatology Cases.”
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis offers insights into the relationship between vitiligo and nonmelanoma skin cancer, which can be used to enhance patient education.
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