Biosensor

Indigo Announces Successful Series A Financing Round

December 28, 2016

Indigo Diabetes nv (Indigo), a spin-off from Ghent University (UGent) and imec, today announces the successful closure of a 7 million Euros series-A financing round. The funding is provided by [more...]

Genalyte Raises $36 million from Khosla for Its One-drop Blood Test

November 27, 2016

Maverick Detection System (Image credit: Genalyte) Theranos competitor Genalyte just announced it has raised an equity round of $36 million in funding led by Khosla Ventures and Redmile Group. The [more...]

Integrated Biosensors for Streamlined Human Behavior Research

November 14, 2016

Facial Expression Analysis Engine seamlessly integrates into the iMotions platform (Image credit: iMitions) The landscape of human behavior research is changing rapidly these days. Many questions that were once believed to [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 [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 [more...]

Microfluidic Chip Enables Fast, Precise Measurement of Single-cell Growth

September 11, 2016

A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. “The device provides new insights into how cells grow and respond to drugs,” MIT [more...]

Microneedles: a Painless Way to Monitor Drug Concentrations in the Bloodstream

August 1, 2016

Figure Cross-sectional schematic view (A) and top view design (B) of the devices. A surface-functionalized microneedle is integrated to a PDMS optofluidic device equipped with optical fibers. The mechanism of [more...]

Profusa wins $7.5m DARPA Grant for Implantable Biosensors

July 18, 2016

Implantable Bionsensor (Image Credit: Profusa) San Francisco-based tissue-integrated sensor maker Profusa said today it won a $7.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Army [more...]

Owlstone Medical Wins $7M for Cancer-detecting Breathalyzer

July 2, 2016

Figure 1 ReCIVA breath sampler, which is used in the lung cancer detection project (Image credit: Owlstone Medical) Owlstone Medical has raised £4.9 million ($7 million) to fund the ongoing [more...]

Engineers Develop a New Biosensor Chip for Detecting DNA Mutations

June 20, 2016

Single gene mutation biosensor. (Photos courtesy of Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego) Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical graphene chip capable of [more...]

How to Accelerate the Biosensor Revolution: Laser Micro Manufacturing Focus

June 5, 2016

Figure 1: This stainless steel part demonstrates the precision offered by micro-needle fabrication (Image credit: Resonetics) Biosensor technology is fueling an explosion in the amount of health-related data that is [more...]

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, [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, [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 [more...]

Biosensor 2016-the 26th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors

April 12, 2016

Biosensors 2016 is a three-day event consisting of daily plenary presentations followed by parallel sessions comprising a rigorously refereed selection of submitted papers. In addition to invited lectures, selected oral [more...]

Paper Diagnostic Tests Could Save Thousands of Lives

March 28, 2016

DFA Livertest: Postage stamp-sized paper tests developed by the non-profit Diagnostics for All can screen for drug toxicity by measuring enzymes produced by liver cells (Courtesy of Diagnostics for All, [more...]

On-the-spot Diagnosis of Certain Cancers With Sensitive Bionsensor

March 21, 2016

The two arms of the interferometer used to detect microRNAs in urine samples. The top one is the reference arm while the bottom one is the sensing arm ( Image [more...]

Interfacial Nano-biosensing in Microfluidic Droplets for High-sensitivity Detection of Low-solubility Molecules

March 3, 2016

Interfacial nano-biosensing in microfluidic droplets (Image credit: Dr. James XiuJun Li, UT) Many organic molecules (e.g. estradiol) often have detection problems due to low-solubility issues in aqueous solutions. A team led [more...]

A Portable Device For Rapid And Highly Sensitive Diagnostics

March 3, 2016

A portable and low-cost diagnostic device has been developed at EPFL. This microfluidic tool, which has been tested with Ebola, requires no bulky equipment. It is thus ideally suited for [more...]

NIST Simulates Fast, Accurate DNA Sequencing Through Graphene Nanopore

January 23, 2016

NIST concept for DNA sequencing through a graphene nanopore (Image Credit: Smolyanitsky/NIST) Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have simulated a new concept for rapid, accurate [more...]