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A Novel Light-Based Approach for Rapid and Accurate Cancer Diagnosis

A researcher from Aston University has pioneered a new technique for cancer detection using light, aiming to make the process faster, more affordable, and less painful. The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

3 Sep 2024

Light-Triggered Shunt Minimizes Invasive Surgeries for Heart Defects

Researchers at Drexel University have developed a shunt that can expand when exposed to light. If successfully developed, this innovation could decrease the number of open-chest surgeries these children must endure.

20 Aug 2024

Malaria Detection in Pregnancy: Evaluating RDTs and Microscopy

In a recent article in IJID Regions, researchers assessed the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests and microscopy for detecting asymptomatic malaria in pregnant women in Nigeria, highlighting the need for more sensitive diagnostic tools.

19 Aug 2024

Erasable 3D Images Could Revolutionize Medicine

A recent study published in the journal Chem by researchers from Dartmouth and Southern Methodist University describes a technological advancement that may allow the making of hand-held replicas of a patient's heart, brain, kidneys, or other organs if doctors could record three-dimensional projections from medical scans and suspend them inside an acrylic cube.

12 Aug 2024

MPN Diagnosis Using Immunofluorescence Microscopy

In an article published in Leukemia, researchers propose a novel technique using immunofluorescence microscopy on blood smears to detect and diagnose myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) efficiently and affordably.

24 Jul 2024

An Optical Filter at the Service of Medicine

A team composed of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano, the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), the Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research of the National Research Council of Milan (CNR-IRGB), the start-up Spectro Photonics, also based in Milan, and Humanitas, has developed an innovative birefringent optical filter that allows for increasingly precise measurement of the elasticity of sub-cellular structures such as bone tissues.

From Spectro Photonics 10 Jul 2024

A Golden Key Unlocks Sharper Imaging and Faster Scanning With X- Rays

Scientists have made a breakthrough in significantly improving the sharpness of X-ray imaging and potentially boosting the speeds at which X-ray scans can be processed. This lays the groundwork for both better medical imaging and faster security clearance.

From Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) 17 May 2024

Innovation Takes Form: Creaform Elevates Portable 3D Scanning Capabilities with Enhanced HandySCAN 3D

Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, unveils its next-generation scanners with the introduction of the HandySCAN BLACK+™?|Elite, and the complete redesigned of the HandySCAN SILVER™? and HandySCAN SILVER™?|Elite.

From Creaform Inc. 24 Apr 2024

OptiDrop Platform Streamlines Analysis in Genomics and Drug Discovery

The OptiDrop platform, which integrates novel optical fibers into microfluidic chips to revolutionize droplet microfluidics, is presented in a recent study.

2 Apr 2024

New Technique Estimates Blood Glucose Through Light Analysis

Diabetes is a very common disease for which there is currently no cure. To keep their blood glucose levels (BGLs) under control, people with diabetes must check them regularly and take insulin.

11 Mar 2024