Research showcased in a national Laser Focus World Magazine article entitled "Ultrafast lasers link diagnostic and therapy at the cellular level," April, 2005.

From nanosurgery to cellular manipulation, laser-tissue interaction studies are paving the way for a new generation of medical applications.

For many years, lasers in the medical field were seen primarily as surgical tools for the ablation, cutting, or coagulation of tissue. But in the last decade some of the most successful ­medical-laser applications have been noninvasive (although “noninvasive” is actually a misnomer here because the effectiveness of each of these procedures requires that the laser energy enter the tissue to effect a change or achieve a biological response)-selective laser trabeculopasty, skin rejuvenation, hair removal, photodynamic therapy, low-­level laser therapy, and, more recently, laser treatments of psoria­sis, acne, cellulite, and dental bacteria. In addition, laser-based diagnostic tools such as optical coherence tomography and multiphoton microscopy have gained acceptance within the medical community for noninvasive imaging, while optical sensors are finding a place in the detection and monitoring of chronic and other diseases.