Coating on catheter (left) inhibits bacterial growth
UCLA engineers have created a material that inhibits bacterial growth on catheters, stents, heart [MORE]
OneSeq Dx
“OneSeq Dx [in Boston] processes blood samples using ultra-high enrichment (at the level 109) to extract high yields of [MORE]
Subcutaneous sensor detects infections before symptoms
Combining a hydrogel “string” with molecules that can change color and a light-transmitting electronic device, [MORE]
Monitoring WBCs in Capillary
Anti-cancer chemotherapy knocks down the patient’s white blood cells, making them more vulnerable to infections. Thus, monitoring [MORE]
Influenza Virus
206 is the number of viruses known to cause infections in humans. Now, imagine a $25 blood test that [MORE]
Liangfang Zhang Nanoengineer UCSC
To control bacterial toxins at an infection site, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, created [MORE]
Helmoltz Nanoparticles Fight S. aureus
Nanoparticles are becoming an important means for drug delivery because they can be placed directly in [MORE]
Novel Geometrically Encoded Magnetic Sensors
Biomedical engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and at the National Institute of Health [MORE]
Joe Kremer CEO Isomark, LLC
Actually, Superman didn’t die of a bedsore; he died of sepsis resulting from a bedsore. There [MORE]
Door Handle Sanitizer
Hospital acquired infections happen at a rate of one in twenty five in-patients. Since insurers no longer [MORE]
Infrared Smartphone Thermometer
It’s a good bet that some smart phones soon will have infrared sensors for taking temperature readings [MORE]
Infections arising from healthcare-associated catheters cause 99,000 deaths in the US annually and an enormous cost for those who [MORE]
It’s a reasonable thought that if a single base mutation in the DNA code for hemoglobin can result in [MORE]