University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 1 article published in JoVE Bioengineering Preparation and Photoacoustic Analysis of Cellular Vehicles Containing Gold Nanorods Lucia Cavigli1, Francesca Tatini1, Claudia Borri2, Fulvio Ratto1, Sonia Centi1, Alberto Cini3, Beatrice Lelli4, Paolo Matteini1, Roberto Pini1 1Institute of Applied Physics, Italian National Research Council, 2Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 4Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna We show the preparation and address the feasibility of cellular vehicles containing gold nanorods for the photoacoustic imaging of cancer.
