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Lung Cancer Test with a Nasal Swab
Cotton swabs
Genomics diagnostic company Veracyte (South San Francisco, CA) is in clinical trials of its nasal swab for detecting lung [MORE]
Monitoring Infant Health with a Pacifier
Pacifier Biosensor
This report comes from a collaboration of researchers at the University of California San Diego, and the University of [MORE]
An Eye Scan for Prediabetes
Fluorescein screening for prediabetes
A decade may lapse between the earliest onset of Type 2 diabetes and its actual diagnosis, during [MORE]
CRISPR Applied to Disease Prevention
Genetic modifiers science chart
“Based in San Francisco, Maze Therapeutics (Maze) is studying modifier genes—genes that affect the phenotype or physical [MORE]
Extrachromosomal DNA in Tumor Cells
Oncogenes on doughnut-shaped ecDNA (orange)
“In the past, cancer researchers have mainly focused on targeting genes that are located on the [MORE]
AstraZeneca’s “Heart in a Jar” Project
Human heart-in-a-jar
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a condition where the heart still pumps but is too weak to [MORE]
Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper: Portable MRI
Prototype portable MR
This piece mostly is business-related about a Guilford, CT company, Hyperfine, which is developing small, portable MRI machines. [MORE]