Oncology & Cancer
Genetically engineered bacteria can detect cancer cells in a world-first experiment
As medical technology advances, many diseases could be detected, prevented and cured with cells, rather than pills.
Aug 13, 2023
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News tagged with biosensor
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team develops biosensors as a public health tool to fight infectious diseases
Scientists from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences have published the results of extensive research to map the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in Prague public transport during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Addiction
Speedy, on-site drug detection key to reducing impacts of addiction crisis
Rapid, accessible and highly accurate detection of addictive substances such as opiates and cocaine is vital to reducing the adverse personal and societal impacts of addiction, something current drug detection systems can ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New biosensor developed to aid early diagnosis of breast cancer
A team of Spanish researchers have developed, at the laboratory level, a prototype of a new biosensor to help detect breast cancer in its earliest stages. One of the team coordinators has been Ramón Martínez Máñez, a ...
May 20, 2021
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
New optical biosensor system may help round-the-clock management of gout
In a recent article published in the February issue of the journal Sensors, researchers at Texas A&M University have reported a technology that might help people with gout disease monitor their symptoms better. They said ...
May 12, 2020
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Medical research
Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addiction: study
When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods into the brain, latching onto receptors on the surface of neurons and producing feelings of happiness. But nicotine does not simply stay on the surface of cells—the ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Using inkjet printers to build a new biosensor for less invasive breast cancer detection
NIBIB-funded researchers have created a novel, low-cost biosensor to detect HER-2, a breast cancer biomarker in the blood, allowing for a far less invasive diagnostic test than the current practice, a needle biopsy. Scientists ...
Dec 10, 2018
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Medications
New device could monitor anticoagulant treatments to deliver personalized therapies
Researchers of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and CIBER Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) have developed ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Purdue startup developing device that detects mosquito-borne diseases
A startup created by Purdue University professors is developing a sensor that can detect dangerous mosquito-borne tropical diseases faster and at a lower cost than current methods, giving health officials time to take action ...
Jul 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stopping a tiny—and deadly—fly in its tracks
Sixty million people in sub-Saharan Africa live at risk of African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by parasites transmitted through the tsetse fly. In the late stage of the disease, when the parasite crosses the blood-brain ...
Jul 5, 2018
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