Personalized Health

Exosome Diagnostics Announces the First Instrument for Point of Care Liquid Biopsy

December 19, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – December 08, 2016) – Exosome Diagnostics, Inc. announced today that it has developed the first instrument for exosomal protein (exoProtein) capture and analysis directly from any biofluid. The [more...]

Pancreatic Cancer ‘Breakthrough’ Hailed

March 3, 2016

Pancreatic Cancer (Image Credit: University of Glasgow) Researchers in the U.K. have made what is described as a “breakthrough reclassification” of pancreatic cancer, which offers new opportunities to treat the often-fatal [more...]

Analyzing DNA on Chip: Carving the PCR Toolbox in Silicon

November 15, 2015

Silicon-based PCR chip (Credit: Tim Stakenborg, Senior Scientist, imec) The PCR technique has given medical doctors and researchers a powerful tool to detect specific DNA sequences in a sample. With PCR, they can determine, for example, [more...]

Inkjet Printing Innovation Opens The Door To Instant Personalised Health Testing

July 20, 2015

New technology from product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is set to bring radical innovation to the diagnostics market. Ingenious use of inkjet printing techniques has made it possible to create a diagnostic test [more...]