POSTS TAGGED AS diagnostics

Nutritional Biomarkers

Sooner or later, personalized medicine will encompass the individual’s daily nutritional needs, but that area of investigation probably is [MORE]

Biomarkers in Fingerprints

It is known that residues of nicotine and illegal drugs can be detected in sweaty palms and moist fingers, [MORE]

Single Cell Science

Genomics scientists at the University of British Columbia have developed an integrated microfluidics device that performs cell capture, lysis, [MORE]

Imaging “Invisible” Tooth Decay

Using a small digital camera and Qualitative Light Induced Fluorescence Technology, clinicians and engineers at the University of Liverpool’s [MORE]

Microarray Diagnostic for Cystic Fibrosis

Over 1,500 DNA mutations have been implicated in cystic fibrosis, and as much as 5% of Caucasians have one [MORE]

A Newer Marker, CD49f, for Hematopoietic Stem Cells

The first hematopoietic stem cell isolator-Baxter’s Isolex machine-targeted CD34+ cells with a mouse monoclonal antibody Johns Hopkins University oncologist [MORE]

Microarrays for Autoimmune Diagnosis

Researchers at Sweden’s Lund University recently reported on their use of protein microarrays to differentiate systemic lupus erythematosis from [MORE]

Markers of Depression

Psychiatric disorders amply illustrate that “diseases” are intellectual artifacts which don’t exist naturally; the natural phenomenon is the mentally [MORE]

$10m Prize for Mobile Medical Diagnostics

Last month, the X Prize Foundation (Playa Vista, CA) announced its $10m prize for a portable diagnostic device that [MORE]

“POC” Killer Apps

“Microfluidic-based diagnostic devices are on the brink of supporting decentralized testing,” asserts this report.  But “brink” is not quite there [MORE]

Sensing Pancreatitis

Using an inexpensive LED light, aluminum foil, milk protein and Jello, a chemistry team at the University of Texas-Austin [MORE]

Nanoparticle for Cancer Targeting

Imagine taking a tumor biopsy, then growing those cells in culture with a synthetic nanoparticle that can both deliver a [MORE]

Companies that Measure Telomeres

What if it was possible to measure the length of a person’s chromosomes and use that calculation to infer life [MORE]

Paper Microfluidics Device

Most microfluidics “chips” are made of glass or plastic with etched channels, though several research groups have been experimenting [MORE]

Urine Biomarker for Brain Tumors

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)are zinc-dependent enzymes that play degrading roles with certain extracellular proteins, and have been implicated in breast [MORE]

Blood Test for Alzheimer’s

“Peptoids” is the term Thomas Kodadek of the Scripps Research Institute uses to signify synthesized molecules with random shapes [MORE]

Microfluidics for Home Testing

Lab-on-a-chip devices are opening a new genre of disruptive innovations on the model of the personal blood glucose tester.  [MORE]

Rapid DNA-Based Test for TB

In poor countries, where tuberculosis ravages, the standard technique for detection is a sputum slide under a microscope.  But [MORE]

Promising Biomarker for Early Lung Cancer Detection

In the transition of loose connective tissue, known as mesenchyme, into epithelial cells of the lung, DNA methylation can silence [MORE]

Linking Gut Bacteria to Multiple Sclerosis

Fifteen years passed between Robin Warren and Barry Marshall linking gut bacteria to peptic ulcers and the CDC’s endorsement [MORE]