A new dental flosser enables at-home stress monitoring
Over time, stress and anxiety can build to a point where life's challenges become overwhelming and cause physical effects.
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BabyBot: Soft robotic infant mimics feeding behaviors from birth to 6 months old
A combined team of roboticists from CREATE Lab, EPFL and Nestlé Research Lausanne, both in Switzerland, has developed a soft robot that was designed to mimic human infant motor development and the way infants feed.
Researchers raise red flag about AI-generated fake images in biomedical research
The authors of an editorial published in the American Journal of Hematology, claim that "generative Artificial Intelligence can be exploited to produce fraudulent scientific images, either from scratch or by modifying existing ...
May 6, 2025
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Q&A: Fast, painless, precise—new urine test for prostate cancer screening
It is well known that men are reluctant to see a doctor, especially a urologist. As a result, there is a risk that prostate cancer will be detected too late. A simple urine test may be able to minimize this risk in the future. ...
Apr 16, 2025
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FDA recognizes need for immunogenicity assays in therapeutics with carriers or conjugates
A new article in the journal Nucleic Acid Therapeutics addresses the recognition by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that immunogenicity assays may be necessary to measure immune responses to different components of ...
Mar 3, 2025
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Test identifies prior infection by Zika virus and all four dengue virus serotypes
Brazilian researchers have developed a simple test that almost instantly tells whether a person has been exposed to any of the four dengue virus serotypes, as well as Zika virus. The test is an enzyme immunoassay similar ...
Feb 27, 2025
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Chagas disease study in Paraguay supports use of rapid tests to improve access to diagnosis
Rapid tests could be used to diagnose Chagas disease in resource-limited areas, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The results of this research, published in PLOS Neglected Tropical ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Screening device detecting lung cancer biomarkers shows promise for early lung cancer detection
Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even before symptoms occur. Similar in design to glucose ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Streamlined approach to testing for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia improves diagnostic accuracy
A new study appearing in The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (JALM) has found that a simplified version of the standard screening method for identifying heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)—a dangerous side effect ...
Jan 6, 2025
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Team offers an open solution to improving research reproducibility
Structural Genomics Consortium researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University, in collaboration with scientists from 11 major antibody manufacturers representing approximately 80% ...
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