Technology

Smartphone-Based Technique Helps Doctors Assess Hematological Disorders
As one of the most common clinical laboratory tests, blood hemoglobin tests are routinely ordered as an initial screening of reduced red blood cell production to examine the general health status before other specific examinations. More...01 Jun 2020

Silver Nanocubes Make Point-of-Care Diagnostics Easier to Read
Plasmonics is a scientific field that traps energy in a feedback loop called a plasmon onto the surface of silver nanocubes. When fluorescent molecules are sandwiched between one of these nanocubes and a metal surface, the interaction between their electromagnetic fields causes the molecules to emit light much more vigorously. More...27 May 2020


High-Throughput T Cell Profiling Technique Developed
T cells recognize foreign or aberrant antigens presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) expressing cells through the T cell receptor (TCR) and is the first critical step towards establishment of protective immunity against viruses and tumors. More...13 May 2020
CRISPR-Based Microarray System Enables Massive Testing for Viral Pathogens
A novel microfluidic nucleic acid-based diagnostic system is capable of detecting a specific virus from a catalog of more than 160 human pathogens, including the COVID-19 coronavirus, simultaneously in more than 1,000 samples. More...11 May 2020
Giemsa Stain Outperforms Urease Test for Helicobacter Pylori Diagnosis
More than 50% of the worldwide population is infected by Helicobacter pylori which is harbored in their upper gastrointestinal tract. Despite having chronic gastritis, most people infected by H. pylori are asymptomatic and have no specific clinical signs and symptoms. More...05 May 2020

Ultra-Fast Cycling for Multiplexed Cellular Fluorescence Imaging
In the treatment of tumors, microenvironment plays an important role. It often contains immune cells that are so changed that they promote tumor growth. Until now, analyses of these dynamic changes with conventional biopsies and tissue sections could take days to weeks, or not occur at all prior to treatment. More...07 Apr 2020
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Autonomous Microchannel Analyzer Combines with Smartphone for Off-site Disease Diagnostics
Optical Biosensor Reduces Time for Sepsis Diagnosis
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