May 2016

Stanford Engineers Design a Urinalysis Testing System

May 30, 2016

There’s a good reason your doctor asks for a urine sample at your annual checkup. A simple, color-changing paper test, dipped into the specimen, can measure levels of glucose, blood, protein and other chemicals, which in turn can [more...]

An All-on-chip Method for Testing Neutrophil Chemotaxis

May 29, 2016

Illustration of the all-on-chip method for neutrophil chemotaxis analysis using the microfluidic device. Ab-MP: antibody cocktail-magnetic particles. (Credit: World Scientific Publishing) A team of researchers from the University of [more...]

Acoustic Field Identifies Cancer Cells in Blood

May 28, 2016

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a method to analyze and separate cells from the blood. Ultimately, the method, which goes under the name [more...]

3D Hydrogel Biochips Superior in Detecting Early Stage Bowel Cancer

May 28, 2016

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB RAS), the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCh) and a number of other Russian research centers have developed a [more...]

Philips Launches Handheld Blood Test for Rapid Point-of-Care Heart Attack Diagnosis

May 28, 2016

Minicare I-20 troponin blood test for rapid diagnosis of heart attack near the patient (Image Credit: Philips) Royal Philips today (25 May) announced the launch of a new handheld blood test, the Minicare I-20 system, for rapid diagnosis [more...]

Luminex to Acquire Nanosphere for $58M

May 28, 2016

Molecular diagnostics and life sciences research tools firm Luminex announced today that it will acquire molecular diagnostics company Nanosphere in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $58 million. The transaction values [more...]

Infrared Sensor Aims for Earliest Alzheimer’s Detection

May 9, 2016

A simple, label-free diagnostic test that uses infrared (IR) light aims for Alzheimer’s disease detection more than 15 years before clinical symptoms appear. The work is promising for drug research because it may ease development of [more...]

Fiber Optic Biosensor-Integrated Microfluidic Chip Detects Glucose Levels

May 9, 2016

Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both of which are reflected in blood glucose concentrations. Now, researchers are working to create ultrasensitive lab-on-a-chip devices to quickly measure [more...]

Miroculus Acquires Kapplex to Advance Diagnostics for Complex Diseases

May 9, 2016

Miroculus, a San Francisco-based biotechnology company specializing in microRNA-based diagnostics, today announced an agreement to acquire Toronto-based Kapplex Inc. The Canadian company’s proprietary Digital Microfluidic (DMF) platform [more...]

Particles Move to the Beat of a Microfluidic Drum

May 9, 2016

A thin vibrating plate can organize microscopic particles within a liquid into different patterns, an effect like that observed in 18th century studies of musical instruments. Figure 1: (Top) When dark particles are placed on the back of a [more...]

Holotomography Enables Real-Time, Label-Free Visualization of Cells

May 9, 2016

3D images of a red blood cell, white blood cell and hepatocyte. (Courtesy of KAIST) A powerful method for imaging live cells without staining employs a 2D/3D/4D holographic microscope, allowing real-time, label-free visualization of [more...]

Cellphone-sized device quickly detects the Ebola Virus

May 9, 2016

Scientists have developed a handheld device that can detect Ebola RNA in less than 40 minutes (Image Credit: American Chemical Society) The worst of the recent Ebola epidemic is over, but the threat of future outbreaks lingers. [more...]

Flexible, Dissolvable Silicon Device Promising for Brain Monitoring

May 9, 2016

Thin, flexible neural electrode arrays with fully bioresorbable construction based on patterned silicon nanomembranes (Si NMs) as the conducting component. (Image Credit: The lab of Brian Litt, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University [more...]