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Image: The VIKIA Malaria Ag Pf/Pan rapid diagnostic test (Photo courtesy of IMACCESS).

Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluated At Point-Of-Care

For over a decade, the development of malaria rapid diagnostic tests has enabled reliable biological diagnostic testing in all situations where previously only clinical diagnosis was available. These RDTs are generally considered as point-of-care tests.   More...
22 Apr 2015
Image: The TSX ultra-low temperature freezer uses up to 50% less energy than conventional refrigerant ultra-low freezers (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Environmentally Friendly Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Requires Less Energy While Generating Less Noise

A new line of ultra-low temperature freezers was designed for both increased cryopreservation capability and improved performance in the laboratory environment.  More...
22 Apr 2015
Image: Researchers have developed new technology for using an inkjet printer with specialized bio-ink to print paper biosensors that could rapidly detect molecules for many applications, including point-of-care diagnosis of bacterial and viral infections, and detection of food and environmental contaminants (Photo courtesy of McMaster University).

Inkjet Printer May Produce Simple Tool to Detect Diseases and Contaminants

Researchers have developed new technology for printing paper biosensors that could rapidly detect molecules for many applications, including point-of-care diagnosis of bacterial and viral infections and detection of food and environmental contaminants.  More...
19 Apr 2015
Image: Breast tissue computationally stained using data from infrared imaging without actually staining the tissue, enabling multiple stains on the same sample. From left, the image shows a Hematoxylin and Eosin stain (pink-blue), molecular staining for epithelial cells (brown color) and Masson\'s trichrome (blue, red at right) (Photo courtesy of Prof. Rohit Bhargava).

New Technique Paints Tissue Samples with Light

One infrared scan can give pathologists a window into the structures and molecules inside tissues and cells, enabling fast and broad diagnostic assessments, due to a newly developed imaging technique.  More...
15 Apr 2015
Image: The plastic disposable disc (left) is inserted into the Point-of-Care detection platform (right) for infectious disease diagnosis (Photo courtesy of DiscoGnosis).

Infectious Diseases Diagnosed At Point-of-Care

A new “lab-on-a-disc” technology can diagnose malaria and other febrile infectious diseases simultaneously in just an hour, allowing faster point-of-care treatment and precise drugs administration that could save thousands of lives.   More...
14 Apr 2015
Image: Human African trypanosomes in a thin blood film (Photo courtesy of Dr. Myron G. Schultz).

Direct Blood Dry LAMP Diagnoses African Trypanosomiasis

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification is a rapid and sensitive tool used for the diagnosis of a variety of infectious diseases, but still requires complicated sample preparation steps and a well-equipped laboratory to produce reliable and reproducible results.   More...
08 Apr 2015
Image: Micrograph of bacterial vaginosis—cells of the cervix covered with rod-shaped bacteria, Gardnerella vaginalis (arrows) (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Microarray Test Detects Pathogenic Shifts in the Taxonomic Distribution of Vaginal Bacteria

A team of Italian microbiologists has developed a microarray-based diagnostic tool that monitors the vaginal bacteria population and alerts the clinician to changes in taxonomic distribution that are characteristic of bacterial vaginosis.  More...
31 Mar 2015
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