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Image: Egg of Schistosoma haematobium in a wet mount of urine concentrates, showing the characteristic terminal spine (Photo courtesy of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention).

Low-Cost Urine Filtration Helps Diagnose Schistosomiasis

Urogenital schistosomiasis, which is caused by Schistosoma haematobium, is diagnosed by finding the blood-borne flukes eggs in urine samples and simplifying sample preparation in the field before microscopy is vital for efficient and cost-effective diagnostic strategies in resource-constrained settings.   More...
15 Jul 2014
Image: Glass SlipChip for growing microbes, shown next to a US quarter dollar coin (left); fluorescent in situ hybridization image of the target organism (right, top); transmission electron microscopy image of a single cell of the target organism (right, bottom) (Photo courtesy of the California Institute of Technology).

Microfluidics Device Captures and Isolates Slow Growing Gut Bacteria

Microbiologists have used a novel "lab-on-a-chip" approach to isolate and cultivate fastidious, slow growing bacteria from the human digestive tract.  More...
15 Jul 2014

IDT Acquires SURVEYOR Nuclease Product Line from Transgenomic

The SURVEYOR line is to be used by Integrated DNA Technologies primarily to support researchers performing mutation detection and potentially-clinical genome editing, and by Transgenomic primarily to support diagnostic and other clinical applications.  More...
13 Jul 2014
Image: Visualization from a numerical simulation of a cell flowing past the obstacle through the microfluidic device (Image courtesy of KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology).

Microfluidic Device Could Improve Biomarker Analyses

A new microfluidic device could offer a more reliable alternative for detecting biomarkers in patients facing such illnesses as cancer or malaria.   More...
08 Jul 2014

Novel Miniature Mass Spectrometer Moves Cocaine Measurement to the Field

A novel device for field testing of cocaine and other drugs comprises a portable mass spectrometer and a system for rapid drying and extracting urine samples.   More...
07 Jul 2014
Image: The ACQUITY UPLC system, with technology that provides higher efficiencies with a much wider range of linear velocities, flow rates, and backpressures than optimized HPLC, and eliminates significant time and cost per sample (Photo courtesy of Waters Corporation).

Ultra-Performance LC-MS System Approved for Clinical Applications in China

An ultra-performance liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry system has been approved by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration as a medical device for routine diagnostic applications and for screening of neonatal metabolites diseases.   More...
03 Jul 2014
Image: The AtomoRapid device for testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Photo courtesy of Atomo Diagnostics).

Blood Test Device Proven in the Field

A blood testing platform has been introduced that accommodates test strips for a wide variety of conditions from celiac disease, allergy through to infectious diseases such as malaria and human immunodeficiency virus.  More...
02 Jul 2014
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