News tagged with diagnostic performance

First-of-Kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used to Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does it mean when expert psychiatric witnesses in a court case reach opposing conclusions on the same sets of evidence? A new study out of the University of Cincinnati College of Law suggests via mathematical ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Biochip-based device for cell analysis

(Phys.org) -- Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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Nowhere to hide: New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum

Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers. The device could usher ...

Technology / Engineering

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New technique detects trace levels of new class of cancer biomarkers

(Phys.org) -- In less than a decade, a new type of RNA — microRNA (miRNA) — has gone from curiosity to one of the most important sets of regulatory molecules in the body. And because these short pieces of RNA are ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrasensitive biosensor promising for medical diagnostics

(Phys.org) -- Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Droplet array sheds light on drug-resistant cancer stem cells

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a miniaturized biochip for investigating the effect of drugs on cancer stem cells (CSCs). Published recently in Nano Today, this new te ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's a trap! New laboratory technique captures microRNA targets

Human cells are thought to produce thousands of different microRNAs (miRNAs)—small pieces of genetic material that help determine which genes are turned on or off at a given time. miRNAs are an important ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

This breathalyzer reveals signs of disease (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- This invention could give new meaning to the term "bad breath!" It's the Single Breath Disease Diagnostics Breathalyzer, and when you blow into it, you get tested for a biomarker—a sign ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Graphene-based terahertz devices: The wave of the future

People use electromagnetic energy every day … watching television, listening to the radio, popping corn with a microwave, taking an X-ray or using a cellphone. This energy travels in the form of waves, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Unique research laboratory focuses on making aircraft engines more efficient

Travel on airlines has become so routine for most of us, we often fail to appreciate what a true technological marvel it is. And it’s a costly and noisy marvel. Moving millions of passengers millions of miles each year ...

Technology / Engineering

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New 'bench top' machines open up DNA sequencing

(Phys.org) -- Research carried out by scientists at the University of Birmingham have found that new ‘bench-top’ machines for sequencing DNA are capable of accurately identifying over 95% of a genome, signalling ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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