EPFL researchers have teamed up with startup Xsensio to develop a tiny, fully portable system that can encapsulate and analyze biomarkers in a person's sweat. The low-power system, which fits on a chip measuring under 1 cm2, ...
Engineering
Dec 5, 2017
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The early diagnosis of certain types of cancer, as well as nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica, may soon be facilitated by the use of a nanometric sensor capable of identifying biomarkers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 23, 2015
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A professor from the University of the West of England will present her inaugural lecture on bioluminesence and give insight into how this natural phenomenon has been used to make biomarkers that are making exciting breakthroughs ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2010
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Did a shift in the way infants were weaned give early humans an evolutionary advantage over their Neanderthal cousins? Scientists have long speculated that a change to earlier weaning played a key role in human development, ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2013
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Like the sensitive seismographs that can pick up tremors of impending earthquakes long before they strike, a similar invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change the face of molecular biology.
Biochemistry
Aug 3, 2009
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A new way to evaluate the quality of kidneys before transplantation could one day help increase the number of usable donor kidneys. The method uses highly sensitive spectroscopy analysis to detect biomarkers related to kidney ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 5, 2022
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Proteins are one of the most important classes of biomarkers – biological molecules indicative of a disease or health of an individual. The detection of proteins is critical in a variety of tests; from the diagnosis of ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 9, 2017
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Engineered strands of DNA—nanoscale tools called "nanoswitches"—could be the key to faster, easier, cheaper and more sensitive tests that can enable high-fidelity detection of biomarkers indicating the presence of different ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 11, 2017
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Need some blood work done? There might soon be an app for that.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 29, 2012
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By attaching specialised molecules to the backbone of DNA, researchers have made it easier to detect rare molecules associated with early disease.
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2017
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