Medical research
Researchers develop quick test for fish toxin
Flinders University researchers have invented a revolutionary method to test for food poisoning in fish.
Feb 27, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
New cancer treatments can be tested in artificial cells on tiny chips the size of a postage stamp
It usually takes 10 to 15 years to develop a new drug, and they cost around US$2.6 billion each. Because it's difficult to predict how a drug candidate will interact with human cells, many drugs never pass clinical trials. ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Research team develops portable COVID-19 diagnostic system for rapid on-site testing
COVID-19 screening can soon be conducted directly at various testing stations, and patients can get their test results in about an hour from the time they get a nasal swab. A team of researchers from the National University ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Medical research
Altered movement of white blood cells may predict sepsis in patients with major burns
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified what may be a biomarker predicting the development of the dangerous systemic infection sepsis in patients with serious burns. In their report in ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Immunology
A lab-on-a-chip for T cell screening and sorting
Currently, it is a difficult and laborious process to place two cells in contact with each other to examine their binding characteristics. It is however a necessary step in understanding how cells interact in the hopes of ...
Aug 18, 2023
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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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Medications
The first drug in Hong Kong to be granted orphan drug designation by the US FDA
A research team from the School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has successfully developed a novel aptamer, i.e. a single-stranded piece of DNA, for the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Diabetes
Pancreas-on-chip platform with integrated sensors offers new avenue for diabetes research
More than 7 million people in Germany suffer from diabetes. Research into drugs to treat this widespread disease is still difficult. Scientists led by Prof. Dr. Peter Loskill from the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Medications
New technology represents next-generation tool for detecting substandard and counterfeit medicines
A new platform for detecting substandard and counterfeit medicines using microfluidics has been recognized with a grant from Saving Lives at Birth's "Grand Challenge through Development." Dubbed PharmaCheck, the technology ...
Jul 26, 2012
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Biomedical technology
Researchers establish microfluidic control technology for blood testing devices
A research group in Japan has established a microfluidic control technology that can be applied to small blood testing devices and consequently developed a novel integrated immunoassay device. This microfluidic control technology ...
May 28, 2024
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