POSTS TAGGED AS metabolism

“Happy face” Tattoo Sensor

Metabolic Tattoo Sensor
A doctoral student at the University of Toronto has developed a tiny ion-selective electrode sensor that sticks to [MORE]

Skin Patch Blood Monitor

Sano Intelligence, a start up in San Francisco, is developing a skin patch, resembling a nicotine patch, which can [MORE]

Mayo Begins Large Scale Sequencing

Genome Sequencing
DNA sequencing is a necessary, but not entirely sufficient step, toward personalized medicine.  Providers have to figure out how [MORE]

Informative Perspective on the Artificial Pancreas

Artificial Pancreas
With more than 20 companies-including Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, Mayo Clinic, and Insulet-having investigational device exemptions from the [MORE]

Biochemistry of Exercise

Everyone knows that a good diet and exercise promotes health and wellness, but the biochemistry involved remains vague.  Researchers [MORE]

Liver’s Role in Hypertension

For over a half century, physiologists have known that blood pressure is controlled by some mechanism outside the brain.  [MORE]

MRI to Guide Drug Dosage

MRI and Drug Dosing
Positron emission tomography scans and radioactive labels now allow researchers to image a drug’s effect on [MORE]

Non-Invasive Brain Blood Flow Monitor

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Comprehensive Neuroscience Center recently demonstrated a non-invasive portable monitor that measures brain blood flow [MORE]

Computer Models of Nutrition

VTT, the Finish-based research collaborative, has launched a computer modeling program called “Etherpaths” that predicts the nutritional effects of food [MORE]