Image: NP41 highlighting buried nerve branches invisible by standard illumination (photo courtesy University of California, San Diego).
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HospiMedica International staff writers
http://www.hospimedica.com/?option=com_article&Itemid=294733579&cat=Surgical+Techniques&ui=1960149838&vrf=3ef5d7cad7e81077c42186fce74ceed6&end=%2520
Injectable fluorescent peptides that cause hard-to-see peripheral nerves to glow could alert surgeons to their location, even before the nerves are encountered.
