News tagged with lab on a chip
Lab-on-a-chip hones in on how cancer cells break free
Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body. ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Portable kit may one day detect plant disease before disastrous outbreak
This science may literally be outside the box: A briefcase-sized kit is carried to a field where thousands of tons of food are growing. The search is for microorganisms that could infect and kill the plants, wreaking havoc ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Microfluidic Device Mimics Tumor Microenvironment, Helps Drug Discovery Efforts
One of the challenges that cancer researchers face in designing new antitumor agents is that of predicting how drug molecules will behave in the complex microenvironment that surrounds a tumor. In particular, tumors create ...
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Tiny tool to control growing blood vessels opens new potential in tumor research
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new tool that makes it possible to study the signals in the body that control the generation of blood vessels. The researchers’ findings, published in the ...
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Tiny 'lab-on-a-chip' detects pollutants, disease and biological weapons
For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern ...
Feb 17, 2009 |
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'Astronaut food approach' to medical testing: Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in develop
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took ...
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Researchers: Molecular forklifts overcome obstacle to 'smart dust'
Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2009 |
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