Disease

[Startup] Yale spin-off Fluid-Screen Inc.

March 27, 2017

Fluid-Screen, Inc. is a startup pursuing a mission to provide safer living for millions of people globally, while building a significant, valuable company. They are commercializing a technology developed at Yale University that can [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 clinical trials of its diagnostic breathalyzer [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...]