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Dozens of Biomarkers in One Test

DNA barcoding allows nanopore sequencing to identify dozens of biomarkers in one test
“Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) working with [MORE]

T-Shirts and Face Masks as Biosensors

Wearable sensors styled into t-shirts and face masks
“While wearable devices such as smartwatches have made incredible advancements in monitoring one’s [MORE]

Bioelectronic Control of Gene Expression

Synthetic biology and bioelectrochemical tools for electrogenetic system engineering
“In this work, we [biochemists at Imperial College London and the University [MORE]

New Technique for Virus Hunting

Six different bioaerosol samplers
“An evaluation of methods and instrumentation used for airborne virus collection concludes that samplers operating cyclone sampling [MORE]

Micro-qPCR Chip for Pathogen ID (including SARS CoV)

Silicon based micro qPCR Chip
From bioengineers at Imperial College London: “we report a disposable silicon-based integrated Point-of-Need transducer (TriSilix) for [MORE]

“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]