Journal of Physical Chemistry & Biophysics
Open Access

Abstract

FTIR has the Potential to Detect Stem Cells in the Bovine Corneal Stroma

Christina S. Kamma- Lorger, Katia Wehbe, Craig Boote, Keith M. Meek and Gianfelice Cinque

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was used for the first time to locate stem cells in the corneal stroma. An off-line microscope was used in Diamond light source and a bovine cryo-section was examined. Differences in spectra from two different regions suggest the existence of a cell population that has stem cell characteristics. Synchrotron FTIR would provide a greater scanning resolution than the off-line microscope used, therefore it could be an ideal technique to locate stromal stem cells in the cornea.