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A Nasal Swab to Detect Lung Cancer

Nasal Swab
For persistent smokers, their “airway field of injury” extends all the way from their bronchial epithelium to the cells [MORE]

Illumina’s “PopArray” for Population Health

DNA sequencing machine manufacturer Illumina (San Diego, CA) has taken a surprising step toward a competing technology, microarray, for a [MORE]

“PAM50” Test Kit for Recurrent Breast Cancer

Personalized cancer treatment depends upon subclassifications of patients’ diseases, such as breast cancer’s sub groups: luminal A, luminal B, [MORE]

Microbiology Lab in the Palm of Your Hand

Using a technique that originated with combinatorial chemistry, researchers at the University of Texas-San Antonio and the US Army [MORE]

Prognostic Biomarkers for Chemotherapy

In bookbinding, a large printed sheet, folded into eight faces makes up a signature.  In this piece, Taiwanese cancer [MORE]

Hyperspectral Imaging in Medicine

Satellite cameras, hovering 27,000 miles above earth can scan surface objects in great detail and in color by means [MORE]

Predicting Male Fertility

Using RNA microarrays, researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (Barcelona, Spain) identified 85 gene expressions associated with low [MORE]

Early Detection of Atherosclerosis

Biophysicists at the University of Virginia have identified a gene expression profile for diagnosing the risk an individual has [MORE]

miRNA Insights to Hypertension

Many investigators have suspected that regulation of renin-an enzyme that mediates the extracellular fluids volume in blood-plays a key role [MORE]

Schizophrenia’s RNA Expression Pattern

A main aim of genetics in psychiatric epidemiology is to sort out much finer definitions of mental disorders beyond [MORE]

Why Biorepositories Are Important

Human Chromosome with Telomeres
Recently, Kaiser Permanente completed phase one of its biorepository project, where it collected blood samples from 100,000 [MORE]

Microarray Diagnostic for Cystic Fibrosis

Over 1,500 DNA mutations have been implicated in cystic fibrosis, and as much as 5% of Caucasians have one [MORE]

Printing Nanostructures in Desktop Fabrication

Nanostructures
Using a technology described as “hard tip pens that float on soft polymer springs,” researchers at Northwestern University [MORE]

Automated Minilab for Antibiotic Testing in Milk

Minilab Testing Antibiotics in Milk
Antibiotic residues in milk present two risks-sick cows, and a source of antibiotic resistance for milk [MORE]