Precision medicine

Dynamic Microenvironments: Finding the Right Cancer Therapy

July 16, 2017

With so many promising cancer therapies emerging from research labs, a key challenge for biomedical researchers is to develop tools that accurately predict treatment efficacy against a patient’s specific cancer, thereby avoiding [more...]

IBM Scientists Use Lab-on-a-Chip Nanochannel Technology Designed to “Stretch” DNA to Help Detect Disease

May 29, 2017

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a “lab-on-a-chip” technology that can stretch double-stranded DNA molecules with the potential to efficiently reveal biomarkers that may indicate disease. This technology complements the IBM [more...]

Smartphone-Controlled Cells Could Pump Insulin for Diabetics

May 18, 2017

A researcher uses a smartphone to control light levels in mice with implanted LED discs. Scientists in China have used a smartphone and a technique called optogenetics to precisely control cells to deliver insulin to diabetic mice. The [more...]

The Convergence of Microfluidics, Commercial Mobility & Compute Technologies for New Applications in Healthcare

September 4, 2016

Fig. 1: Commercial mobility for digital health revolution (Image Credit: HP Healthcare Solutions) What will our future look like? Blended Reality, the fusing of our physical and digital worlds, is a uniquely promising value proposition [more...]

IBM Lab-on-a-Chip Breakthrough Aims to Help Physicians Detect Cancer

August 2, 2016

A view of IBM’s lab-on-a-chip mounted in a microfluidic jig. IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians [more...]

Personalized Medicine Is Having A Positive Measurable Effect on Patient Outcomes

March 21, 2016

A new approach to research, pharmaceutical development, and clinical care is remaking healthcare. Known as personalized medicine or precision medicine, it promises improved patient outcomes, cost savings, and progress against previously [more...]

Transforming Molecular Diagnostic Point of Care with Cell Phones

March 1, 2016

Wells turn blue if a particular nucleic acid molecule is present. A cell-phone image of the wells can then undergo ratiometric spectral processing to provide a quantification of target molecules. [Ismagilov Lab] Scientists at Caltech [more...]

Gut-On-a-Chip Holds Clues for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

December 17, 2015

Roughly the size of a computer memory stick and made of clear flexible polymer, the human gut-on-a-chip was created by Harvard Univ.’s Wyss Institute in 2012. Three years later, researchers are utilizing the technology in hopes of [more...]

Novogene and Illumina to Co-Develop NGS Diagnostic System for Reproductive Health and Oncology Applications

December 17, 2015

Novogene, a leading global provider of genomic services and solutions, and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced they have entered into an agreement to jointly develop advanced clinical applications in the fields of reproductive [more...]