This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Our recent works have demonstrated that placement of fluorophores or chromophores near metallic particle can have dramatic effect on their fluorescence properties. We now realistically expect that interaction of fluorophore with nearby metallic surface may increase fluorescent signal a few orders of magnitude similar to surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). This opens an unprecedented possibility to design new type of fluorescence assay system for the assessment of prostate risk.
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