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Image: The Saliva SmokeScreen test includes a saliva collecting device which consists of a white collecting swab and vial (Photo courtesy of GFC Diagnostics).

Cotinine Assay Rapidly Confirms Nonsmoking Status

A novel, rapid and user-friendly diagnostic test provides confirmation that an individual has stopped smoking tobacco cigarettes.  More...
13 Jan 2014
Image: Graphic shows how a laser pulse creates a vapor nanobubble in a malaria-infected cell and is used to noninvasively diagnose malaria rapidly and with high sensitivity (Photo courtesy of E. Lukianova-Hleb/Rice University).

Noninvasive Technology Accurately Detects Malaria Through the Skin

Vapor nanobubbles rapidly detect malaria through the skin. The noninvasive technology accurately detects low levels of malaria infection in seconds with a laser scanner.   More...
07 Jan 2014
Image: The EKF Quo-Lab HbA1c Analyzer (Photo courtesy of EKF Diagnostics).

HbA1c and Diabetic Ketoacidosis POC Analyzers to Be Demonstrated at ArabHealth

A leader in in-vitro diagnostics will exhibit in an upcoming medical congress two point-of-care (POC) analyzers for the rapid assessment of diabetes and related conditions.   More...
03 Jan 2014
Image: Histology of a bone biopsy from a patient with vitamin D deficiency and osteomalacia (Photo courtesy of the University of Washington).

Vitamin Testing in Babies Uses Tears

Identifying vitamin deficiencies in babies involves drawing blood, a disheartening experience for all involved, but a painless alternative has been developed.   More...
02 Jan 2014
Image: The confocal Raman imaging system alpha300 R (Photo courtesy of WITec).

Sensitive System Detects Individual Molecules for Medical Diagnostics

DNA nanotechnology holds great promise for the fabrication of novel plasmonic nanostructures and the potential to carry out single-molecule measurements using optical spectroscopy.   More...
31 Dec 2013
Image: Orbitrap Velos Pro hybrid ion trap mass spectrometer (Photo courtesy of Thermo Scientific).

Standardized Assays Developed to Quantify Human Proteins

The feasibility of large-scale standardized protein measurements, which are necessary for validation of disease biomarkers, has been developed.    More...
30 Dec 2013
Image: A linear ion trap - Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (MALDI FTICR MS) similar to that used in the gastric cancer glycomics study (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Glycomic Analysis Distinguishes Gastric Cancer from Diseases with Similar Symptoms

Analysis of complex sugars in serum samples enabled diagnosticians to distinguish patients with gastric cancer from those with gastritis or duodenal ulcers.  More...
30 Dec 2013
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