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Biomaterial Skin Patch Shows Promise as Tuberculosis Test 27 Aug 2013 | 08:25 pm
Tuberculosis test microneedle patch (Marco Rolandi, University of Washington) Engineers at University of Washington and colleagues from the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle found a pa...
University, Company Partner on Computer-Based Drug Discovery 26 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Mark Dufton (University of Strathclyde) The drug discovery company Serometrix in Pittsford, New York is deploying bioinformatics software developed by University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland f...
XPrize Cancels $10 Million Genomics Challenge 24 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
Peter Diamandis (XPrize Foundation) The XPrize Foundation in Los Angeles cancelled a $10 million challenge to bring down the cost of genomic sequencing, saying the advance of technology has overtaken...
Fuel Cells for Refrigerated Trucks Under Development 24 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
A project combining the efforts of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington with two fuel cell manufacturers is developing fuel cells to power the refrigeration units in r...
Trial Testing Rose Bengal Compound as Melanoma Treatment 23 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
(NOAA) A new clinical trial at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida is testing a compound derived from rose bengal, a dye for diagnosing eye disorders, as an injectable treatment for melanoma, a f...
Portable Kidney Test Device with Smartphone App Developed 23 Aug 2013 | 02:53 am
Aydogan Ozcan (UCLA) Biomedical engineers at University of California in Los Angeles invented a portable device that tests urine for kidney damage and transmits the results via a smartphone attachmen...
Heart Model Devised to Implant Child’s Defibrillator 22 Aug 2013 | 08:49 pm
Natalia Trayanova (Johns Hopkins University) Engineers and medical researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore developed a three-dimensional computer model of a child’s heart to guide the op...
Diagnostics Developer, Mt. Sinai to Partner on Biomarkers 22 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
(Wikimedia Commons) Exosome Diagnostics and Mount Sinai medical center, both in New York, are collaborating on the discovery of genetic biomarkers to build diagnostics for inflammation, cancer, and o...
Simple Authentication Scheme Cuts Phishing, Password Theft 21 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
Computer scientists at Royal Hollaway in the U.K., a part of University of London, developed a method for verifying the identify of computer users when logging on to password-protected Web sites that ...
Cancer Care Plans Help Survivors Make Lifestyle Changes 21 Aug 2013 | 03:01 am
(Michigan.gov) Medical researchers at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found online care plans encourage cancer survivors to make needed lifestyle changes to help them cope with their treat...
