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“Urine fingerprints” of metabolism

Food for your specific metabolism
From Imperial College London: “A newly developed test that measures a number of metabolites in urine [MORE]

A Simple Cancer Urine Test

Urine test for cancer
“Researchers at Imperial College London and MIT have developed a simple cancer urine test based on injected [MORE]

Heart Patches of Living Stem Cells

Heart patch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Until heart doctors have a successful strategy for injecting stem cells directly into cardiac tissue to repair damage, this [MORE]

Mini-MRI for Knee Injury

Prototype of mini MRI for knee injuries
Besides the bones of the knee joint, there are tendons, the meniscus, and ligaments [MORE]

HIV Testing on a Thumb Drive

USB Stick for HIV Testing
HIV testing today can be as complicated as blood glucose monitoring was in the days before [MORE]

Mimicking Cartilage with Bio-Glass

 
Bioglass is a synthetic material made of silica and a polymer that was first used for treating bone injuries during [MORE]

Speeding up Nanopore Trapping

DNA Threaded Through Nanopipette
Collaborating researchers—chemists at Imperial College London, and electrical and biomedical engineers at the University of Minnesota—have devised [MORE]

Nanoneedles in Regenerative Medicine

Nanoneedles
Researchers at Imperial College London and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed a new nano device for delivering nucleic [MORE]

Self-Assembling Nanoparticles that Target Tumors

Self-Assembling Nanoparticles
You’ll have to go to the published study to get the exact details of this piece, but researcher at [MORE]

Bruise Trousers

Bruise Trousers
In developing sporting equipment for Paralympic athletes, a group of engineering students at Imperial College London created lycra trousers [MORE]

“I-Knife” for Surgery

Intellligent Knife
This is a second report in Tagline for an electrosurgical “I-knife” (I=intelligent) that cuts like a bipolar instrument [MORE]

Urine-Gas Test for Gastroesophageal Biomarkers

Infrared Spectroscopy
Using sealed specimen cups and mass spectroscopy, researchers at Imperial College London were able to detect gastroesophageal cancer [MORE]

Super Sensitive Biosensor

With the US Preventive Services Task Force recently downgrading PSA screening to Class D, it may seem like the [MORE]