Cancer detection is a major public health challenge, and the methods currently available to achieve it, for example MRIs and mammograms, are often expensive and invasive. This limits their large-scale use. To bypass these ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2022
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When we look at biological cells under a microscope, they're usually not very colorful. Normally, to visualize them we have to artificially add color—typically by staining. By doing so, we can see their shape and arrangement ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 7, 2021
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Over the course of her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer. The earlier the cancer is detected, the more likely bad luck can turn to good.
Engineering
Apr 25, 2018
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Today's companies that train diabetic alert dogs and place them with families have experienced a high rate of success, but there's a catch—nobody knows how the dogs are doing it. That's where Catherine Reeve comes in.
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2015
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A fast and accurate urine test for bladder cancer developed by A*STAR researchers has the potential to replace the currently used invasive physical probe.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2015
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Coral reefs are stressed the world over and could be in mortal danger because of climate change. But why do some corals die and others not, even when exposed to the same environmental conditions? An interdisciplinary research ...
Environment
Apr 23, 2013
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Shengyuan Yang, Florida Institute of Technology assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, with graduate student Sang Joo Lee, has published a paper on the first-ever imaging of cells growing on spherical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Detecting cancer cells and destroying them, injecting drugs with extreme precision into diseased cells in the human body – these are just two examples of what EPFL scientists are attempting to accomplish ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 1, 2011
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Viruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 30, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a powerful technique that could allow earlier cancer detection.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 22, 2010
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