Funded by private investors and governments, cancer tests of blood and urine are coming to market. How much does it cost to bring to market a diagnostic test that’s able to measure cancer wi... Read more
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego developed a new technology that uses an oscillating electric field to easily and quickly isolate drug-delivery nanoparticles from blood.... Read more
The project was recognized as one of the 10 most outstanding creations among innovators under 35 delivered by the MIT Tech Review. Two young technologists from the Technological Institute of... Read more
Related research shows blood or urine sample can be used UC Irvine Health researchers have developed a cost-effective one-step test that screens, detects and confirms hepatitis C virus (HCV)... Read more
A company with deep roots at UW-Madison wants to make blood sampling less painful and more convenient. Tasso Inc. is perfecting a device the size of a pingpong ball that extracts a small sam... Read more
Biologist Regine Gries endured 180,000 bedbug bites as her team hunted for the ultimate bedbug lure After 180,000 bedbug bites and eight years of study, Simon Fraser University scientists sa... Read more
Taking a cue from the human body’s own coagulation processes, researchers at UC Santa Barbara synthesize platelet-like nanoparticles that can do more than clot blood Stanching the free flow... Read more
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have developed a nanoparticle to deliver a melanoma-fighting drug directly to the cancer. Delivering cancer drugs directly to tumors is difficult.... Read more
Led by a Stanford biochemist, Impossible Burger is trying to create a veggie burger that is so meaty you won’t notice it’s not real–right down to the fat and connective tis... Read more
The technology for creating new tissues from stem cells has taken a giant leap forward. Two tablespoons of blood are all that is needed to grow a brand new blood vessel in just seven days. T... Read more
Regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have addressed a major challenge in the quest to build replacement kidneys in the lab. Working with human-sized pig ki... Read more
Scientists in Singapore develop a quicker, cheaper and potentially more reliable way to improve diagnosis in rural areas A team of scientists in Singapore have created a new way to test for... Read more
There’s a good reason people over 60 are not donor candidates for bone marrow transplantation. The immune system ages and weakens with time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infe... Read more
Could be used for screening donated blood for the presence of the vCJD agent The first cases of mad cow disease in humans occurred in the late 1990s and are thought to be the consequence of... Read more
Every day thousands of people around the world have their lives saved or improved thanks to someone giving blood. But imagine how many more lives could be saved if a long-lasting blood subst... Read more
