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Image: The Fluent laboratory automation solution for cell-based assays (Photo courtesy of Tecan).

Innovative Options Available for Automated Liquid Handling System Upgrade

A number of new hardware and software options that enable biotech and other life science researchers to perform a much wider range of applications are now available to augment a line of advanced automated sample and liquid handling platforms.  More...
19 Aug 2015
Image: The visual comparison of human sputum samples: (R) an un-liquefied raw sputum sample; (V) a sputum sample liquefied using a vortex mixer; (A) a sputum sample liquefied using the acoustofluidic device (Photo courtesy of Prof. Tony Jun Huang, PhD).

Point-of-Care Processor Diagnoses Asthma and Tuberculosis

Effective processing and analysis of sputum samples are critical to the development of diagnostic platforms and personalized treatment approaches for pulmonary diseases, ranging from asthma to tuberculosis.   More...
18 Aug 2015
Image: Preparation of clinical blood samples for test-flights by small drone. (1) Left: Custom-cut foam block. (2) Right: Placement of sealed foam lock in the bio-hazard bags as well as absorbent material for potential sample containment (Photos courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine and PLOS One).

Successful Transport of Blood Samples with Small Drones

A proof-of-concept, initial study has shown that small unmanned aerial systems could potentially be used to transport clinical blood specimens for diagnostics without damage to the specimens.  More...
17 Aug 2015
Image: The new miniature ELISA microplate reader device is created with a 3-D printer and attaches to a smartphone, enabling clinicians to perform lower-cost rapid diagnostic ELISA tests at point-of-care, including in many resource-poor or field settings (Photo courtesy of UCLA).

Newly Developed Mobile Phone Device Reads ELISA Plates

A multidisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians have developed a handheld smartphone-based device that can quickly read standard 96-well microplates with the same level of accuracy as the platforms commonly used in central clinical laboratories. The device, made by 3-D printing, attaches to the smartphone.  More...
17 Aug 2015
Image: The new “XylemDx” inkjet printing based technology turns a sheet of paper into any one of a variety of rapid, lower-cost tests. Each can be configured with a custom set of test modules before being folded concertina-style into the traditional test cartridge shape (Photo courtesy of Cambridge Consultants).

New Inkjet-Printed Diagnostics-on-Demand Demonstrated at AACC 2015

An inkjet-based innovation for high-tech printing on paper opens the door to lower cost, rapid ) POC testing, and was demonstrated during the 2015 AACC Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.  More...
17 Aug 2015
Image: Schematic representation of the photonic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on a chip using light to rapidly heat and cool electrons at the surface of a thin film of gold (Photo courtesy of Luke Lee/BioPOETS laboratory).

Turbocharged Thermal Cycling Leads to Ultrafast DNA Diagnostics

Nucleic acid amplification and quantification via polymerase chain reaction is one of the most sensitive and powerful tools for clinical laboratories, precision medicine, personalized medicine, and other scientific fields.  More...
12 Aug 2015
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Finnish Gastric Cancer Biomarker Tests to Be used in Large Chinese Screening Study

A panel of tests produced by a Finnish biomedical company that assess gastric cancer risk will be used in a large screening study of asymptomatic persons in China.  More...
11 Aug 2015
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