Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Egyptians design 'faster, cheaper' hepatitis C test

The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fast detection of Dengue virus with new diagnostic

Fast detection for Dengue virus is possible based on an innovative label free immunosensor. The novel immunosensor with antibody-nanoparticle hybrid design offers high selectivity and sensitivity for Dengue virus NS1 biomarker ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The 'gold' standard: A rapid, cheap method of detecting dengue virus

(Medical Xpress)—University of Notre Dame biologists are reporting the development of an easy-to-use, low-cost method of detecting dengue virus in mosquitoes based on gold nanoparticles. Their research is published in the ...

Medical research

Using femtosecond lasers to administer drugs

Combining physics and neurobiology to tackle Parkinson's Disease is research "I would never have been able to do outside of OIST," says Professor Keshav Dani. The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University's ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientist develop gilded flu test

Researchers on the Norwich Research Park have patented a quick, simple dipstick flu test using sugar labelled with gold.

Bio & Medicine

Gold specks raise hopes for better cancer treatments

A tiny medical device containing gold specks could boost the effects of cancer medication and reduce its harm, research suggests. Scientists have completed a study which showed that gold increased the effectiveness of drugs ...

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