Doctors and nurses at Kyorin University Hospital in Tokyo treat a patient brought into the emergency room. (Ryo Kato)
Health ministry officials are pushing a legal revision to give prefectural governors more power to secure hospitals beds for COVID-19 patients and the authority to shame medical institutions that do not cooperate.
A panel of experts approved a proposal by the health ministry submitted on Jan. 15 to change the Infectious Diseases Prevention Law to deal with the rising number of novel coronavirus infections around Japan.
Health ministry officials plan to submit legislation early in the ordinary Diet session to convene on Jan. 18 to revise the law.
Credit: Tokushima University
Fluorescence microscopy is widely used in biochemistry and life sciences because it allows scientists to directly observe cells and certain compounds in and around them. Fluorescent molecules absorb light within a specific wavelength range and then re-emit it at the longer wavelength range. However, the major limitation of conventional fluorescence microscopy techniques is that the results are very difficult to evaluate quantitatively; fluorescence intensity is significantly affected by both experimental conditions and the concentration of the fluorescent substance. Now, a new study by scientists from Japan is set to revolutionize the field of fluorescence lifetime microscopy. Read on to understand how!