News tagged with glucose molecule
Engineers use droplet microfluidics to create glucose-sensing microbeads
Tiny beads may act as minimally invasive glucose sensors for a variety of applications in cell culture systems and tissue engineering
May 18, 2012 |
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Pocket chemistry: DNA helps glucose meters measure more than sugar
Glucose meters aren't just for diabetics anymore. Thanks to University of Illinois chemists, they can be used as simple, portable, inexpensive meters for a number of target molecules in blood, serum, water ...
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Biosensors: Sweet and simple
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a highly sensitive and versatile analytical tool that is widely used in biosensing applications. In conventional Raman spectroscopy, molecules are detected by ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Reducing the health risks of obesity without serious side effects
The drug rimonabant was developed as a treatment for obesity and its myriad of serious health consequences (for example, type 2 diabetes). Despite having its desired effects on weight, which it decreased, and on levels of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Breakdown of bone keeps blood sugar in check, new study finds
Researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton plays an important role in regulating blood sugar and have further illuminated how bone controls this process. The finding, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Researchers discover brain tumor's 'grow-or-go' switch
Cancer cells in rapidly growing brain tumors must adjust to periods of low energy or die. When energy levels are high, tumor cells grow and proliferate. When levels are low, the cells grow less and migrate more.
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Sugar + weed killer = potential clean energy source
A spoonful of herbicide helps the sugar break down in a most delightful way.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Nano-tetherball biosensor precisely detects glucose
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a precise biosensor for detecting blood glucose and potentially many other biological molecules by using hollow structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes anchored ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 22, 2009 |
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