Biomedical technology
Novel blood-powered chip offers real-time health monitoring
Metabolic disorders, like diabetes and osteoporosis, are burgeoning throughout the world, especially in developing countries.
Jun 24, 2024
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News tagged with chip devices
Medical research
Developing standards for organ-on-a-chip research
When testing a new medicine, researchers must do more than assess how well that drug works. They also have to determine whether the medicine has some negative, unintended consequences.
Feb 22, 2024
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Cardiology
Bioinks with improved electromechanical properties for 3D printing of cardiac BioRings
Scientists at the Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, affiliated with Université de Montreal, have developed a device that accurately simulates the electrical activity, mechanics and physiology of a human ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Your gut's microbiome, on a chip
The gut is one of the most complex organs in the body. Inside, it teems with a diverse microbial population that interacts and cooperates with intestinal cells to digest food and drugs. Disruptions in this microbiome have ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Researchers develop smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The innovation opens ...
May 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
What is a 'brain pacemaker?'
More than 3 million adults in the U.S. are living with epilepsy. It's a seizure disorder caused by abnormal brain activity. The seizures can lead to physical injury, emotional health issues or even death.
Feb 23, 2022
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Medical research
Developing sensors for tumors and dengue fever
Researchers from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) have developed a tumor biosensing chip that can help determine the optimum dosage of chemotherapy required for a cancer patient.
Jan 27, 2020
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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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Medical research
New platform for roundworms could speed up drug delivery
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed the first large-scale in vivo drug discovery platform using a whole animal model that could speed up scientific research ...
Oct 11, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
On-chip processor: first step in point-of-care asthma & tuberculosis diagnostics
A device to mix liquids using ultrasonics is the first and most difficult component in a miniaturized system for low-cost analysis of sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma. The device, ...
Jul 31, 2015
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