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Image: The Amnis ImageStreamX Mark II imaging flow cytometer (Photo courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham).

Improved Blood Stabilization Used for CTC Profiling

A new blood stabilization method significantly prolongs the lifespan of blood samples for microfluidic sorting and transcriptome profiling of rare circulating tumor cells, living cancer cells carried in the bloodstream. More...
24 Jan 2018
Image: The skin-like biosensor system developed for noninvasive blood glucose monitoring (Photo courtesy of Tsinghua University).

Biosensor System Developed for Blood Glucose Monitoring

Currently, noninvasive glucose monitoring is not widely appreciated because of its uncertain measurement, accuracy, weak blood glucose correlation and inability to detect hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia during sleep. More...
11 Jan 2018
Image: The 3D Gene microarray platform (Photo courtesy of Toray Industries).

Nanowire Technology Developed to Detect Cancer Biomarkers in Urine

Analyzing microRNAs (miRNAs) within urine extracellular vesicles (EVs) is important for realizing miRNA-based, simple, and noninvasive early disease diagnoses and timely medical checkups. More...
04 Jan 2018
Image: A handheld rapid diagnostic device for detecting antibiotic resistant bacteria (Photo courtesy of Linear Diagnostics).

Cartridge Developed to Detect Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

A diagnostic platform that exploits the phenomenon of linear dichroism (LD) for a number of uses including the detection of antibiotic resistance in infections is being developed. A key attribute of this technology is that it can measure multiple targets simultaneously in the same sample. More...
03 Jan 2018
Image: The MetaFer Slide Scanning and Imaging platform with a Zeiss microscope (Photo courtesy of MetaSystems Group).

Microscope-Based AI Identifies Bacteria Accurately

Microscopes enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) could help clinical microbiologists diagnose potentially deadly blood infections and improve patients' odds of survival. More...
26 Dec 2017
Image: Aspects of the two needles used in lumbar puncture: Upper: Atraumatic needle that reduces complications; lower: conventional needle cuts the dura (Photo courtesy of Southern General Hospital).

Spinal Tap Needle Impacts Risk of Complications

A lumbar puncture, commonly known as a spinal tap, is a regular medical procedure used to diagnose and to treat disease. Post-dural puncture headaches appear in about 35% of patients, sometimes causing debilitating pain that can lead to a return to hospital for painkillers or more invasive treatment. More...
20 Dec 2017
Image: The NutriPhone is a mobile diagnostics platform for monitoring individual vitamin and micronutrient levels was adapted to work with a rapid point-of-care assay system (Photo courtesy of Cornell University).

Rapid POC Assay Detects Micronutrient Deficiencies

A technology that could transform the way nutritional deficiency testing is done worldwide is based on a novel 15-minute point-of-care assay system that enables determination of vitamin A, iron, and inflammation status. More...
18 Dec 2017
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