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Image: The cytosponge exiting the gel capsule after being swallowed (Photo courtesy of Plexus).

Sponge on a String Could Replace Endoscopy

A sponge on a string that is easily swallowed could replace traditional endoscopy as an equally effective but less invasive way of diagnosing a condition that can be a forerunner of esophageal cancer.  More...
24 Nov 2014
Image: IC 3D technology rapidly detects bacterial infection in blood samples (Photo courtesy of University of California, Irvine).

DNA-Based Droplet System Rapidly Detects Bacterial Infection in the Bloodstream

A new test for bacterial infection in the bloodstream is based on an innovative DNA labeling and particle counting system.  More...
23 Nov 2014
Image: The prototype of a diagnostic device that determines whether the prostate tissue sample is benign or malignant in 90 seconds (Photo courtesy of Fraunhofer IKTS).

Device Rapidly Diagnoses Prostate Cancer

A new device facilitates the diagnosis of prostate cancer for doctors distinguishing between benign and malignant prostate tissue and through a visual analysis, the device can reliably determine if it is carcinoma within a minute-and-a-half.  More...
18 Nov 2014

Kidney Transplant Patients Identified at High Risk of Rejection

A quantitative real-time PCR-based assay can identify kidney transplant patients who are at high risk of acute rejection.  More...
18 Nov 2014
Image: The Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U Inverted Fluorescence Microscope (Photo courtesy of Carmet Scientific).

Novel Device Yields Close-Up Look at Metastasis

A laboratory device has been invented that gives an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis, the complex way that tumor cells spread through the body, causing more than 90% of cancer-related deaths.  More...
16 Nov 2014
Image: Open qPCR, the new lower cost and world's first open-source real-time PCR thermocycler (Photo courtesy of Chai Biotechnologies).

World's First Open-Source Real-Time PCR Thermocycler Launched

Priced at a tenth the cost of traditional cyclers, the low-cost qPCR thermocycler will especially benefit lesser-funded laboratories and can facilitate diagnostics in developing countries.  More...
16 Nov 2014
Image: The AutoDG Droplet Generator (left) with the QX200 Droplet Digital PCR System (right) (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad).

New Instrument Automates Droplet Generation for Digital Droplet PCR Systems

Biotech researchers and other life scientists working with PCR techniques will be interested in the availability of a new instrument that automates and standardizes droplet generation for droplet digital PCR.  More...
09 Nov 2014
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