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Images: The smartphone microscope with polydimethylsiloxane lens (Photo courtesy of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research).

Droplet Lens Turns Smart Phones Into Microscopes

A simple and cheap way of making a high-powered lens that can transform a smart phone into a high-resolution microscope has been invented.    More...
14 May 2014

Breath Analysis Provides Same Sensitivity, Twice the Specificity of PET Imaging Identifying Early Lung Cancer

Researchers are using breath analysis to detect the presence of lung cancer. Earlier research indicates that this promising noninvasive application offers the same sensitivity of PET scanning, and has nearly twice the specificity of PET for distinguishing patients with benign lung disease from those with early stage cancer.   More...
14 May 2014

Multiple Pathogens Detected Using Luminescent Nanocrystal Tags

Luminescent nanocrystals and a high-speed scanner enable rapid detection of multiple pathogens in a single test.  More...
14 May 2014
Image: Typical lateral flow paper strip device (Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Paper Based Urine Test Detects Cancer

A technology that combines synthetic biomarkers with a paper-based urine test can detect colorectal cancer and thrombosis in just a few minutes.  More...
13 May 2014
Image: Vitamin D-Direct – the first direct vitamin D assay – no pretreatment, providing results in 20 minutes, with up to 400 tests/hour, on the CLC720 Chemistry Analyzer (Photo courtesy of Carolina Liquid Chemistries).

First-of-its-Kind Vitamin-D Assay Provides Results in Minutes

An innovative assay kit provides the first direct test for Vitamin D, on the CLC720 analyzer, reducing labor and reagents, and providing a high-quality measurement in 20 minutes.  More...
12 May 2014

Switch to CAD Technology Greatly Improves Lab-On-A-Chip Capability

The lab-on-a-chip holds potential for reducing cost of medical diagnostics while expanding access to health care. Now scientists have developed computer aided design software to enable far more than one or two tests on a single chip.   More...
12 May 2014
Image: The Bruker Equinox 55 Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (Photo courtesy of Vienna University of Technology).

Infrared Light Detects and Quantifies Malaria Parasites

A novel way to detect malaria, one of the most common and deadly diseases in the world, that also quantifies the early stage parasites, has been developed.   More...
08 May 2014
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