Blood Clotting Test on a Smartphone
“Researchers at the University of Washington have developed smartphone-based technology that can allow someone to [MORE]
Tissue nanotransfection (TNT)
Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have developed “a non-invasive, nanochip device that uses a technology called tissue [MORE]
Ultrafast Nanoplasmonic On-Chip PCR
Biophysicists the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, ROK) “report ultrafast, real-time, and on-chip nanoplasmonic [MORE]
Hand-held device for rapid test of cancer biomarkers
Canadian engineers have developed a point-of-care device for monitoring cancer biomarkers in blood, [MORE]
Hand held optical probe to diagnose skin cancer
Engineers at two universities, in Canada and Scotland, have developed “. . . [MORE]
Rutgers Venipuncture robot
Over the past year, Rutgers University engineers have put together three existing technologies to automate phlebotomy and blood [MORE]
Saliva testing for ovulation ferning
Who knew? “Salivary ferning refers to the unique appearance of dried saliva from a woman who [MORE]
POC BRCA 1 mutation testing
A paper microfluidics method, called “FluoroZen,” coupled with a smartphone application is able to detect BRCA1 [MORE]
Thyroid Cancer
Current art in diagnosing thyroid cancer relies, first, on an ultrasound scan, followed by fine needle biopsy if a [MORE]
Allergen Keychain iEAT
Food allergies, especially for children, can be life threatening, and often detection comes too late. Researchers at Harvard, [MORE]
eLab Diagnostic Device
Nanomix (Emeryville, CA) is now clinically testing its point-of-care, hand held diagnostic device that can give an evaluation [MORE]
Acoustic Whirlpool Device
Engineers in the US (Duke University) and China have developed an acoustofluidic chip that can concentrate fluorescently-labeled biomarkers [MORE]
CliniMACS
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle have developed a semi-automated process for separating and expanding hematopoietic stem [MORE]
Siemen’s Xprecia
The US FDA has approved Siemens’ point-of-care blood coagulation analyzer, “Xprecia Stride” It is used, somewhat like a glucometer, [MORE]