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Sweat Sensors in Clothing

Sprinter with Lactate Curve – sweat sensing materials
From electrical engineers at Tufts University: “. . . we present a thread-based [MORE]

A Breathalyzer for COVID-19

Canary COVID-19 breathalyzer
South African scientists will start field testing a breathalyzer that could become an inexpensive and rapid way to [MORE]

27 Blood Biomarkers of COVID-19

Blood proteins could help predict severity COVID-19
From the Francis Crick Institute and the Charite Hospital in Berlin: “The researchers refined [MORE]

Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mass Spectrometry (FAIMS)

FAIMS Pro Interface for mass spectrometry
“FAIMS is a differential ion mobility technique that spatially separates ionized species in the gaseous [MORE]

A Saliva Test for Diabetes

Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy
Researchers mainly at the Federal University of Uberlandia (Minas Gerais, Brazil) have used [MORE]

Need to Automate Mass Spectrometry for Clinical Use

Mass Spectrometry Quantitative Proteomic Workflows
Mass spectroscopy is a technology for determining, among other things, the size and weight of protein [MORE]

Mass-Spec Test for QC in Blood Samples

Mass spec for QC of blood products.
“Exposure of blood plasma/serum (P/S) to thawed conditions (> −30 °C) can produce biomolecular [MORE]

Spit Analysis for Heart Attack Risk

Device to analyze spit to diagnose risk of heart disease
Australian scientists have developed a device that assesses biomarkers in spit [MORE]

Blood Biomarkers for Pain

Pain assessment
“Please tell me, on this chart, your pain level from 1 to 10 cartoon faces.”  Hippocrates could have done [MORE]

Stress-Tracking Sensor

Home test- for stress biomarkers
Some stresses are worse than others, but even minor threats cause adrenalin and cortisol to enter [MORE]

Sweat Analysis on a Smartphone

Biosensor bandage before and after collecting sweat
Chinese scientists in Beijing and California have developed a “band-aid” type device that can [MORE]

Liquid Biopsy Outperforms Tissue Biopsy for NSCLC

Blood testing
In a study of 282 patients with non-small cell lung cancer, a liquid biopsy device (Guardant 360, Redwood City, [MORE]

A “Universal Cancer Biomarker”

UQ Cancer test shows particles changing color
According to University of Queensland bioengineers: “When circulating tumor DNA fragments are placed in [MORE]

MIT’s Physiome-on-a-Chip

MIT Physiome-on-a-Chip
The human body has nearly 80 organs (depending on their definitions).  Knowing how a drug interacts with these different [MORE]