A quick and easy test to detect cancer from blood or biopsy tissue could eventually result in a new approach to patient diagnosis. The test has been developed by University of Queensland res... Read more
New cutting edge technology can be used to grade cancer tumours, eradicating human subjectivity and ensuring patients get the right treatment. A new imaging technology to grade tumour... Read more
A blood test using infrared spectroscopy can be used to diagnose two types of cancer, lymphoma and melanoma, according to a study led by Georgia State University. Researchers used mid-infrar... Read more
TAU researchers devise a novel probe to identify and measure microscopic cell activity Chemiluminescence, or chemical light, is the principle behind the glow sticks (also known as light stic... Read more
Portable handheld sensors for detecting explosives, wearable sensors that can detect chemical agents, compact devices for fast and accurate identification of defects in computing chips as we... Read more
Academics at Loughborough University hope to boost early detection rates of cancer in developing countries with their portable lab-in-a-briefcase that can operate even at high temperatures.... Read more
A new gene sequencing technology known as ‘Capture Sequencing’ (CaptureSeq) allows us to explore the human genome at a much higher resolution than ever before, with revolutionary implication... Read more
Microwaves Can Be Used to Create Medical Images A research team from Chalmers University of Technology has developed new techniques of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the aid of microwav... Read more
A breakthrough invention by Israeli researchers will allow individuals to detect cancer only by sniffing. The device has been developed by Professor Hossam Haick’s team. Haick is a professor... Read more
A new interdisciplinary breakthrough could see cancer being diagnosed through a quick finger-prick test. After five years of research, the team of biologists, clinical oncologists, pathologi... Read more
Because the signature biomarkers that indicate the presence of cancer at the cellular level are generally present only at low levels in biological samples, detecting them is a procedure that... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Not many things are tougher than dealing with a diagnosis of cancer. But often the protracted wait for biopsy results, and the uncertainty surrounding them, can be excruc... Read more
