The dye employed herein is a hydrophilic edition of the previously described indocyanine green label, with 4 added sulfonate groups in the molecule resulting in a six-fold sulfonated entity of maximal hydrophilicity for this type of NIR fluorophore

Cortez-Retamozo et al. demonstrated fluorescence variations between asthmatic lungs and healthy controls by applying the identical amount of MMPSense or ProSense nonetheless by making use of fiberoptic bronchoscopy and fluorescence…