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Image: The signal of SMOLT is generated by the displacement of micron-size beads tethered by DNA long-probes that are between 1 and 7 microns long. The molecular extension of thousands of DNA probes is determined with sub-micron precision using a robust, rapid and low-cost optical approach (Photo courtesy of Scanogen).

Single-Molecule Tethering Detects Nucleic Acids and Microorganisms

Detection of microbial nucleic acids in body fluids has become the preferred method for rapid diagnosis of many infectious diseases. However, culture-based diagnostics that are time-consuming remain the gold standard approach in certain cases, such as sepsis. More...
29 Oct 2020
Image: An Acousto Thermal Shift Assay `lab-on-a-chip` device shown next to a US quarter for size comparison. The device can diagnose sickle cell anemia (Photo courtesy of CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science).

New Technology Rapidly Diagnoses Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia (SCA). It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin found in red blood cells. More...
29 Oct 2020
Image: A recently developed electrochemical bio‐barcode device paired with a smartphone enables cancer patients to read critical biomarker levels at home in samples of self-drawn blood (Photo courtesy of Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University)

An Electrochemical Bio-barcode Device for Home Disease Monitoring and Diagnosis

A point-of-care (POC) electrochemical bio‐barcode device and assay system have been developed to enable analysis of protein biomarkers in undiluted and unprocessed human plasma samples. More...
28 Oct 2020
Image: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are cancer cells that are released and disseminated into the bloodstream and lymphatic system. CTC cultures were successfully propagated from breast epithelial cells (Photo courtesy of Menarini Silicon Biosystems).

Novel CTC Culture Method Developed to Study Metastatic Cancer

Cancer metastasis is responsible for most cancer-associated death. During metastasis, cells that escape the primary tumor into the circulatory system are known as circulating tumor cells (CTCs). More...
26 Oct 2020
Image: The EUROPattern Microscope Live: Ultrafast fluorescence microscopy that automatically detects anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (Photo courtesy of EUROIMMUN AG).

Methods for Automated Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Compared

The detection of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) by indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFA) is of diagnostic importance in vasculitis and some other inflammatory diseases. More...
21 Oct 2020
Image: DBS sampling is simple, inexpensive and can be self-collected by the patient at home, using a simple finger prick (Photo courtesy of University of Birmingham)

Use of Dried Blood Samples Facilitates Tracking of COVID-19 Antibodies

A recent study confirmed that dried blood spot samples could be used as an alternative to venous blood for detecting antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19). More...
13 Oct 2020
Image: Cryptosporidium oocysts and the larger Giardia cysts stained by Crypto/Giardia IFA kit (Photo courtesy of Cellabs).

Smartphone Microscopic Method Detects Cryptosporidium and Giardia

Food and water-borne illness arising from the consumption of contaminated food and water are serious health hazards globally. Cryptosporidium and Giardia are the major food and water‒borne parasites. The infection occurs mainly by (oo)cyst phase of the parasites. More...
30 Sep 2020
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