Diagnostics – Page 3
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Article
Navigating everyday challenges with magnetism
From breaking down microplastics to rapid diagnosis of debilitating diseases, magnetism is finding new applications in everyday life
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News
New Covid-19 test delivers diagnoses up to three time faster
Researchers at the University of Oxford claim their new coronavirus diagnostic technology is fast and highly accurate
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Open data and genomics are at the forefront in battle to control coronavirus
Efforts to tackle the virus have seen unprecedented cross-border collaboration
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Business
The race to fight coronavirus
While genome sequences enable testing and vaccine efforts, companies are donating existing antiviral drugs to explore repurposing
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Research
Test for antibiotic resistance genes provides answers within an hour
Whole blood method for diagnosing bacterial infections has unprecedented speed and sensitivity
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Research
Spectroscopic biomarkers track Huntington’s disease progression
Analysis recognises biochemical changes that are unique to Huntington’s
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News
US children’s hospital takes delivery of one of world’s most powerful NMR spectrometers
Instrument offers unprecedented opportunities to study disease development
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Research
Wood microfluidics carve out a niche
Teflon-coated wood devices perform as well as plastic equivalents but face some challenges before they can realise their clinical and sustainable potential
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Article
Through the looking glass: a digital future for healthcare
As the digital revolution continues to disrupt even the world’s most established business sectors, the pharmaceutical industry will need to shift and adapt if it is to realise its vision for the future of healthcare
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Research
Poly(ionic liquid)s respond like taste buds in new saccharide detection system
System that exploits non-covalent interactions between ionic liquid moieties and carbohydrates could have multiple real-world applications
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Research
Saliva test uses surface imprinting to recognise Zika
Sensor matches surface roughness of its electrode with Zika’s dimensions and generates results within 20 minutes
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Business
Smartwound dressings spot infection early
Bacterial toxins burst dye-filled vesicles to give a visual warning
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News
Genome sequencing for healthy dismissed as waste of time for UK project
Personalised medicine plan unlikely to deliver any benefits for the wider population
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News
Personalised medicine has failed to live up to the hype, researchers claim
Predictions that Human Genome Project would usher in an era of tailored therapies have largely failed to come true
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Feature
Ready for a Raman shift
Raman spectroscopy has been seen as a tool for physicists and chemists but Hayley Bennett finds it has the potential to cause a major shift in the way we do medicine
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Research
Self-illuminating nanoparticles shine a light on cancer
Tumours trigger luminescence for imaging, then production of singlet oxygen to kill cancer cells
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Research
Pore-forming toxins detect long strands of DNA
Lithium electrolyte helps aerolysin overcome electrostatic obstacle to detect ssDNA longer than 100 nucleotides
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Research
Self-powered cancer therapy triple whammy
Diagnosis, drug delivery and effectiveness monitoring combination could realise precision cancer therapy