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Image: Microfluidic rare-cell workflow for multiplexed western blotting of single patient-derived CTCs (Photo courtesy of University of California – Berkeley).

CTC Protein Expression Uses Microfluidic Western Blotting

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are rare tumor cells found in the circulatory system of certain cancer patients and the clinical and functional significance of CTCs is still under investigation. More...
06 Apr 2017
Image: The LSM510 META confocal microscope (Photo courtesy of Zeiss).

Technology Developed for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Monitoring

Early diagnosis of prostate cancer and evaluation of appropriate treatment options requires development of effective and high-throughput selective capture technology for exosomes that are positive for the expression of enzyme-biomarker, prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). More...
06 Apr 2017
Image: Controlling magnetic nanoparticles through a microfluidic chip – produced by the rapid prototyping method – with the aid of magnets that are arranged above and below the microfluidic chip (Photo courtesy of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy & Immunology).

Lab-on-a-Chip Platform Designed for Detection of Pathogens

A team of German bioengineers has developed an integrated and automated lab-on-a-chip platform for sample preparation and nucleic acid-based detection of pathogens in various liquid media. More...
04 Apr 2017
Image: A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a mesenchymal stem cell displaying typical ultrastructural characteristics (Photo courtesy of Robert M. Hunt).

Organ Cells Derived from Stem Cells May Predict Drug Sensitivity

Testing the drug pazopanib on liver-like cells derived from patient-specific stem cells, researchers have shown first proof-of-concept for a new approach that could lead to development of personalized drug-toxicity assays for patients. More...
29 Mar 2017
Image: A diagram of the wearable sweat-monitoring patch. A porous sweat-uptake layer is placed on a Nafion layer and sensors (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Basic Science).

Wearable Glucose Device Includes Drug-Delivery Module

Researchers have developed a convenient accurate sweat-based glucose monitoring and maintenance device that provides rapid glucose measurement and allows doctors to prescribe a multistep precisely controlled dosage of drugs. More...
24 Mar 2017
Image: A hydraulic battery pumping fluid through a simple microchannel at a constant rate of 0.6 microliters per minute. Each snapshot is 12 minutes apart (Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina).

Paper-Based Battery Powers Microfluidic Devices

A team of biomedical engineers has developed a novel type of "hydraulic battery" that uses inexpensive, minute paper pumps to power the movement of liquids, including biological fluids, through portable microfluidic diagnostic or analytical devices. More...
22 Mar 2017
Image: The fully automated EUROArrayScan PCR system reads microarrays for fast and standardized detection of STI pathogens (Photo courtesy of EUROIMMUN).

Microarray PCR System Detects STI Pathogens

An automated microarray-based PCR (polymerase chain reaction) system is able to detect 11 STI (sexually transmitted infection) pathogens in parallel from the same patient sample. More...
21 Mar 2017
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