On September 11, 2009, In Diagnostics, Medical Nanotechnology, By Chris Töpfer
A novel development from researchers at Jackson State University utilizes gold nanoparticles to detect a biomarker implicated in Alzheimer’s disease to a 100 fold sensitivity level to anything else that has been developed so far. This could pave the way for incredibly early detection of the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer’s.
The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with [...]
On August 26, 2009, In Diagnostics, By Chris Töpfer
Academics at the University of Southampton have developed a hand-held device that can be used to screen blood samples instantaneously.
The device uses a chip, which is a microfluidic device with electrodes positioned in channels along its length. The blood flows through the device and the count of white blood cells is recorded. The different cells [...]
