Technology


Point-of-Care Device Accurately Rapidly Diagnoses Sickle Cell Disease
Hemoglobinopathies are the most common autosomal hereditary disorders. Approximately 7% of the global population carries hemoglobin gene mutation including structural hemoglobin variants like sickle hemoglobin or thalassemia. More...25 Nov 2021

PerkinElmer’s New Cloud-Based Platform Enables Laboratory Personnel to Remotely Manage Its Instruments in Real-Time
PerkinElmer, Inc. (Waltham, MA; USA) has launched its PKeye Workflow Monitor, a cloud-based platform enabling laboratory personnel to remotely manage and monitor their PerkinElmer instruments and workflows in real-time. More...23 Nov 2021

Breath Test Can Identify COVID-19 in Critically Ill Patients
The coronaviruses known to infect humans generally only caused mild upper respiratory tract infectious symptoms. They are also known to delay the innate immune response to infection, and they have affinity for primary epithelial cells More...17 Nov 2021

Near-Infrared Set-Up Evaluated for Dried Blood Spot Hematocrit
Capillary dried blood sampling, where samples are obtained from a finger or heel prick, has many advantages over traditional blood sampling. The best-known dried blood sampling technique is the generation of dried blood spots (DBS) on filter paper. More...11 Nov 2021


Novel Cardiovascular Biomarker Secretoneurin Implicated in Arrhythmogenesis
Secretoneurin is a 33-amino acid peptide derived from neuroendocrine and myocardial tissue that belongs to the granin protein family. Secretoneurin may play a role in regulating processes in the myocardium, including cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling, and has been implicated in arrhythmogenesis. More...21 Oct 2021
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NanoVelcro Cell Technology Applied in Diagnosis of Pregnancy Complications
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