Making smartphones to diagnostics

The Indian techies AayushRai and Varun AV set up Samplytics, a startup which focused on building a medical test platform. Their first test 'Inito Fertility...

Here comes a smartphone laboratory that can detect cancer

Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer...

Band-Aid like sensor can monitor heart health, recognize spoken words

Researchers have developed a tiny, Band-Aid like soft and wearable sensor that measures vibrations in the human body, allowing them to monitor heart health...

3-D bioprinter used to print human skin

Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, in collaboration...

Portable microscope can improve diagnostic facilities in remote areas

In an effort to address problems faced by people in India’s remote areas in terms of access to health services and equipment, an alumnus...

Cancer drug coated microbubbles used to destroy malignant tumours

To solve the problems faced in chemotherapy, scientists came up with a technique of ‘bubble shots’ to deliver cancer drugs into the cancer affected...

Bio-degradable 3D printed polymeric bone implant developed

Russian scientists have introduced 3-D-printed polymeric bone implants that can get absorbed and subsequently replaced with natural bone tissue in the body, which is...

Brain-On-A-Chip to test effects of Biological and Chemical agents

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and engineers in the US have developed a "brain-on-a-chip" device aimed at testing and predicting the effects of...

Photoacoustic microscopy allows rapid imaging of functions in living brain

Lihong Wang, PhD et al., used a novel high-speed, high-resolution imaging methodto observe blood flow, blood oxygenation, oxygen metabolism and other functions inside a...

Pocket-sized ultrasound device provides accurate diagnosis

A study presented today at The International Liver Congress™ 2015 in Vienna Austria, demonstrated that the use of a pocket-sized ultrasound device (PUD) helps...