Blood tests are important diagnostic tools. They accurately tease-out vanishingly small concentrations of proteins and other molecules that help give a picture of overall health or signal the presence of specific diseases. ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 1, 2011
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Microsoft on Monday offered its HealthVault as a new care center for digitized medical records kept at Google's dying Health service.
Internet
Jul 19, 2011
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The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are reporting in a new study in the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 13, 2011
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(AP) -- Two pilot whales found stranded in the Florida Keys have been released.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 25, 2011
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Scientists are reporting an advance toward enabling more blood banks to adopt so-called "extended blood group typing," which increases transfusion safety by better matching donors and recipients. Their report on a new, automated ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 14, 2010
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National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists have moved a step closer to developing the means for a rapid diagnostic blood test that can scan for thousands of disease markers and other chemical indicators of ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 24, 2010
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Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists said Wednesday, rejecting earlier research that suggested he died of malaria.
Archaeology
Jun 23, 2010
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Fresh understanding of the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles could lead to improved vaccines and diagnostic tests, a study suggests.
Biochemistry
Jun 8, 2010
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Scientists in China are reporting discovery of two proteins present in the blood, of people with colon cancer that may serve as the potential biomarkers for accurately predicting whether the disease will spread. Their study ...
Biochemistry
Jan 13, 2010
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