October 2016

Theranos Is Shutting Its Blood-Test Facilities

October 9, 2016

Just two years after the blood-testing company Theranos was valued at $9 billion, the company has announced that it will close its clinical labs and blood-test centers and cut more than 40 percent of its staff. Theranos says it is shifting [more...]

Two-Dimensional MEMS Arrays Pave Way for Mobile Spectrometers

October 9, 2016

Figure 1. A micromirror structure with a 17° tilt angle. Courtesy of Texas Instruments. In the field of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, a system that combines portability with the accuracy and functionality of high-performance [more...]

Researchers Design Wearable Microscope That Can Measure Fluorescent Dyes Through Skin

October 2, 2016

Researchers can detect spatial frequencies of a fluorescent image, which are then analyzed to sense the target fluorescence signal through the skin (Credit: UCLA) UCLA researchers working with a team at Verily Life Sciences have designed a [more...]

Isolation of Single Circulating Tumour Cells with Microfluidic Chip

October 2, 2016

The single cell isolation microfluidic chip (Image Credit: National University of Singapore) A microfluidic chip invented by engineers from NUS and start-up Clearbridge mFluidics is a world’s first in using microfluidic flow to isolate [more...]

Researchers Invent “Smart” Thread That Collects Diagnostic Data

October 2, 2016

Threads penetrate multiple layers of tissue to sample interstitial fluid and direct it to sensing threads that collect data, such as pH and glucose levels. Conductive threads deliver the data to a flexible wireless transmitter sitting on [more...]

Rainbow Seed Fund Invests in AgPlus Diagnostics

October 2, 2016

Rainbow Seed Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on promising technologies developed at the UK’s largest publicly funded research facilities and campuses, today announces its investment into AgPlus Diagnostics, a technology [more...]