News tagged with lab on chip

Researchers create living human gut-on-a-chip

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

New micro-device could change drug testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Texas Tech University scientists have filed for a patent on a new device that could make some drug testing faster and less expensive.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon “nanotubes” to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In a new microchip, cells separate by rolling away

Cell rolling is a common mechanism cells use to navigate through the body. During inflammation, for example, the endothelial cells that line blood vessels present certain molecules that attract white blood ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study brings diagnostics for viruses a step closer to reality

Scientists have developed a technique which could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus – the virus responsible for a large number of common illnesses.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The butterfly effect in nanotech medical diagnostics

Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical diagnostics, according to ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA

It will perhaps be possible, in the near future, to detect cancer by a simple blood or urine test. In fact, biologists from CNRS, Inserm, Paris Descartes and Strasbourg universities have developed a technique ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Webcam technology used to measure medications' effects on the heart

A common component in webcams may help drug makers and prescribers address a common side-effect of drugs called cardiotoxicity, an unhealthy change in the way the heart beats. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Through a Sensor, Holographically

(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Handheld nanoLAB detects disease proteins in minutes

In 2009, Stanford University faculty member Shan Wang and doctoral students Richard Gaster and Drew Hall demonstrated that they could use the same ultrasensitive magnetic sensors that form the basis of today's compact, high-capacity ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New lab-on-a-chip technology could improve accuracy of lab tests, deliver results sooner

(PhysOrg.com) -- Instead of a needle in the arm, a simple prick of the finger could one day provide more than enough blood for a laboratory to run a multitude of complex tests and deliver results in seconds. Researchers at ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New lab-on-chip advance uses low-cost, disposable paper strips

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Add-on device converts cell phones into wide-field fluorescent microscopes

UCLA researchers have developed a matchbox-sized attachment that converts a cell phone's camera into a fluorescent microscope.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A 'USB' for medical diagnosis? Universal microfluidics connector could find broad use

Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a plug-in interface for the microfluidic chips that will form the basis of the next generation of compact medical devices. They hope that the "fit to flow" interface ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast