All Diagnostics articles – Page 5
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Opinion
Booster shot
Zika and Ebola have highlighted the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to respond to critical needs
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Business
Danaher boosts diagnostics with Cepheid buyout
$4bn deal strengthens Danaher’s life sciences portfolio
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News
Serious shortage of medical isotopes predicted by year’s end
US National Academies warns that ‘severe’ shortages of molybdenum-99 and technetium-99m are likely
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Business
FDA urges labs to test all blood donations for Zika
Agency has also given emergency authorisation to two new Zika blood tests
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Research
Blood laser exposes body fluid’s molecular make-up
Optofluidic lasers may inject life into in vivo monitoring of blood components
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Research
A drop of drool to analyse asthma
Researchers develop simple asthma diagnosis based on patients’ saliva
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Research
Popping nanobubbles let surgeons sound out micro-tumours
Technique that can hunt down and destroy individual cancer cells is set to get clinical trial
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Research
Ionic liquids bestow stretch on biomedical sensors
Heart rate and neck movements recognised by soft and stretchable device
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Research
Alcoholic liver disease on a chip
Microfluidic simulation provides new platform for drug tests
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Research
Saliva test detects date rape drug
Detecting GHB and alcohol contaminants in saliva could mean faster treatment for ‘drunk’ A&E patients
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Research
Detecting leaks in gastrointestinal plumbing
Low-cost capsule can detect bleeding in the stomach in real time
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Research
Biomarkers identify stroke victims with cognitive problems
A metabolomics approach to check whether a stroke has affected a patient’s memory or thinking processes
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Research
Cheap and sensitive test for a key prostate cancer marker
Supramolecular-coated magnetic beads offer a cheap alternative to current early-stage monitoring techniques
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Research
Purple bacteria signal zinc deficiency
Low-cost bacterial ‘litmus test’ could help identify nutrient-deficient populations
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Research
Cancer biomarker counted up with the naked eye
Precise levels of nucleic acids linked to cancer can be detected by the naked eye
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Research
Simple probe for heparin quality control
Fluorescent sensor could be developed into test for blood thinner dosage and adulteration
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Research
Injectable electronics unfold to monitor brain activity
Electronics a million times more flexible than the best currently available could transform patient monitoring
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Research
Microfluidic approach to personalised cancer treatment
Multiple myeloma drug response assay could be adapted for other cancers