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Cutting Edge Two-Photon Microscopy System Breaks New Grounds in Retinal Imaging

May 20, 2020
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Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong — Retina is the only part of the central nervous system (CNS) that can be visualized noninvasively with optical imaging approaches. Direct retinal imaging plays an important...

Iron Nanorobots Go Undercover

May 20, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance–their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days–using a new method...

Artificial Pieces of Brain Use Light to Communicate With Real Neurons

May 20, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — A prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces an injured or missing part of the body. You can easily imagine a stereotypical pirate with a wooden leg or Luke Skywalker’s famous...

New Tool Helps Distinguish the Cause of Blood Clots

May 13, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — A new tool using cutting-edge technology is able to distinguish different types of blood clots based on what caused them, according to a study published in eLife. The tool could...

Researchers Develop New Microneedle Array Combination Vaccine Delivery System

April 22, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — In parallel to their current work on a potential coronavirus vaccine, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed a new vaccine delivery system...

Engineers Design UV Stations to Aid Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 22, 2020
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Binghamton, NY — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its second month across the U.S., supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as N95 masks and face shields continue to run low at...

Innovators Moving to Fast-Track COVID-19 Diagnostic, Therapeutic Solutions

April 1, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the U.S. and the world, Purdue University scientists are working to move solutions to diagnose and treat the virus to the marketplace...

Institute Invites Public to Join App-Based Detect Study, Leveraging Wearable Data to Potentially Flag Onset of Viral Illnesses

March 28, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The Scripps Research Translational Institute has launched an app-based research program that will analyze participants’ wearable health data—including heart rates, sleep and activity...

Self-Sanitizing Face Mask Project Receives Funding

March 25, 2020
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Evanston, IL — A Northwestern University researcher has received funding to develop a new self-sanitizing medical face mask that deactivates viruses on contact. Last week, the project received a...

Coronavirus Testing Kits to Be Developed Using RNA Imaging Technology

March 20, 2020
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Burnaby, BC, Canada — Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology–called Mango, for its bright colour– to develop coronavirus testing kits. They’re...

Portable AI Device Turns Coughing Sounds Into Health Data for Flu and Pandemic Forecasting

March 20, 2020
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Amherst, MA — University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning – called FluSense – which can detect coughing and...

Robot Uses Artificial Intelligence and Imaging to Draw Blood

March 4, 2020
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New Brunswick, NJ — Rutgers engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver...

Stretchable, Wearable Coils May Make MRI, Other Medical Tests Easier on Patients, Says Study

February 26, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Anyone who has had a mammogram or an MRI knows how uncomfortable and awkward the tests can be. Now, Purdue University researchers have taken technology used in the defence and...

Smart Contact Lens Sensor Developed for Point-Of-Care Eye Health Monitoring

February 19, 2020
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Beijing, China — A research group led by Prof. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a “smart” contact lens...

Researchers Develop ‘Multitasking’ AI Tool to Extract Cancer Data in Record Time

February 13, 2020
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Oak Ridge, TN — As the second-leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is a public health crisis that afflicts nearly one in two people during their lifetime. Cancer is also an oppressively...

‘Fluorescent Markers’ to Illuminate Cancer Begins Phase 3 Clinical Trials

February 7, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — On Target Laboratories Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing the use of Purdue University-discovered fluorescent markers to target and illuminate cancer during...

High-Tech Printing May Help Eliminate Painful Shots

February 5, 2020
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Camden, NJ — Painful hypodermic needles may not be needed in the future to give shots, inject drugs and get blood samples. With 4D printing, Rutgers engineers have created tiny needles that mimic...

Stopping Sperm in Its Tracks: Latest Progress in the Hunt for a Male Contraceptive

January 29, 2020
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Scotland, UK — Researchers at the University of Dundee have developed an unrivalled, fully automated robotic screening system which allows them to rapidly test the effect of drugs and other chemicals...

Researchers Develop Diagnostic Test for Novel Coronavirus in China

January 17, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a new laboratory assay to detect the novel Chinese coronavirus....

Zebrafish ‘Avatars’ Can Help Decide Who Should Receive Radiotherapy Treatment

December 18, 2019
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Lisbon, Portugal — Radiotherapy can effectively reduce or even eliminate some tumours; others, however, show enduring resistance. Considering the potentially harmful side effects of radiotherapy, clinicians...

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