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New device can detect COVID-19 in less than a minute

Benjamin Sumlin, PhD, a senior scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, blows into a device designed by researchers at the university. The device — a breath test that uses a biosensor — could become a tool for use in doctors' offices to quickly diagnose people infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

1 Aug 2023

AI language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates in analogical reasoning

People solve new problems readily without any special training or practice by comparing them to familiar problems and extending the solution to the new problem.

31 Jul 2023

Using geospatial mapping techniques to assist burn injury survivors

University of Texas at Dallas researchers are using geospatial mapping techniques to identify social and environmental obstacles in communities that might impede burn injury survivors' reentry into society.

31 Jul 2023

Researchers map European health and digital health literacy

Researchers at RMIT University have helped map European health and digital health literacy, in an important step towards informing health policy and practice across the region.

31 Jul 2023

Researchers investigate the efficacy of a novel intra-tumoral drug delivery carrier in treating oral squamous cell carcinoma

Researchers investigated the efficacy of a novel intra-tumoral drug delivery carrier in treating oral squamous cell carcinoma.

31 Jul 2023

Revolutionizing COVID-19 ARDS prediction: a deep learning model for critically ill patients

Researchers developed and evaluated a deep learning model for predicting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

31 Jul 2023

Gyros Protein Technologies introduces PurePep EasyClean Auto Kit for automated parallel peptide purification

Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, and a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays, today announced the launch of its PurePep® EasyClean (PEC) Auto Kit for the automated parallel purification of peptides, accelerating downstream processes for research, development, and production of simple to complex peptide drugs and therapies.

From Gyros Protein Technologies AB 31 Jul 2023

Novel noninvasive test for malaria does not require a blood sample

A novel testing platform under development by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and CytoAstra, LLC could provide a new noninvasive test for malaria that doesn't require a blood sample.

28 Jul 2023

Wearable ultrasound device could detect breast cancer in early stages

When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However, for tumors detected in later stages, that rate drops to around 25 percent.

28 Jul 2023

New technique revolutionizes protein-ligand interaction studies

Raman spectroscopy - a chemical analysis method that shines monochromatic light onto a sample and records the scattered light that emerges - has caused frustration among biomedical researchers for more than half a century.

28 Jul 2023

New technology could revolutionize treatment for age-related macular degeneration

Scientists have found a way to use nanotechnology to create a 3D 'scaffold' to grow cells from the retina –paving the way for potential new ways of treating a common cause of blindness.

28 Jul 2023

Study: A new paradigm for the fabrication of metallic bionic tissues

In a new study published on July 27 in Matter, a research group led by Prof. LIU Jing at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Tsinghua University, has made a breakthrough in creating biotissue-like rhythmic agglomerates via two inanimate liquid materials, water and liquid metals assembled from the ground up.

28 Jul 2023

Reinforcement learning improves performance of AI-based skin cancer diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used to diagnose skin cancer, but it cannot (yet) keep pace with the complex decision-making of doctors in practice.

28 Jul 2023

HU3DINKS project to develop human tissue-based bioinks for 3D bioprinting

Biofabrication or 3D bioprinting aims to create tissue constructs for numerous applications including animal free testing, drug screening and regenerative medicine.

28 Jul 2023

New reference database Greengenes2 improves reproducibility of microbiome studies

Two leading sequencing techniques are no longer at odds, thanks to an international effort led by scientists at University of California San Diego.

27 Jul 2023

Researchers seek to understand the Achilles' heel of insulin pump technology

Since the insulin pump started widespread use in the early 1980s, it's become the option of choice for type 1 diabetes patients to manage their glucose levels in a way that doesn't require testing their blood sugar and injecting insulin multiple times daily.

27 Jul 2023

New technology could help amputees feel temperature in their phantom limbs

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) researchers have developed one of the world's smallest, most intense and fastest refrigeration devices, the wearable thin-film thermoelectric cooler (TFTEC), and teamed with neuroscientists to help amputees perceive a sense of temperature with their phantom limbs.

27 Jul 2023

New protein-based nano-switches could lead to faster, more accurate diagnostic tests

QUT researchers have developed a new approach for designing molecular ON-OFF switches based on proteins which can be used in a multitude of biotechnological, biomedical and bioengineering applications.

27 Jul 2023

Harvard researchers develop ink that enables 3D printing of beating heart tissues

Over the last decade, advances in 3D printing have unlocked new possibilities for bioengineers to build heart tissues and structures.

27 Jul 2023

MU researcher receives $3 million grant to use gene editing for investigating the building blocks of disease

In a new study funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Missouri researcher Kiho Lee, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, will use gene editing to investigate the building blocks of disease.

27 Jul 2023

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New device can detect COVID-19 in less than a minute

AI language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates in analogical reasoning

Using geospatial mapping techniques to assist burn injury survivors

Researchers map European health and digital health literacy

Researchers investigate the efficacy of a novel intra-tumoral drug delivery carrier in treating oral squamous cell carcinoma

Revolutionizing COVID-19 ARDS prediction: a deep learning model for critically ill patients

Gyros Protein Technologies introduces PurePep EasyClean Auto Kit for automated parallel peptide purification

Novel noninvasive test for malaria does not require a blood sample

Wearable ultrasound device could detect breast cancer in early stages

New technique revolutionizes protein-ligand interaction studies

New technology could revolutionize treatment for age-related macular degeneration

Study: A new paradigm for the fabrication of metallic bionic tissues

Reinforcement learning improves performance of AI-based skin cancer diagnosis

HU3DINKS project to develop human tissue-based bioinks for 3D bioprinting

New reference database Greengenes2 improves reproducibility of microbiome studies

Researchers seek to understand the Achilles' heel of insulin pump technology

New technology could help amputees feel temperature in their phantom limbs

New protein-based nano-switches could lead to faster, more accurate diagnostic tests

Harvard researchers develop ink that enables 3D printing of beating heart tissues

MU researcher receives $3 million grant to use gene editing for investigating the building blocks of disease

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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