
Microneedles: Nano-sized, huge impact
By downscaling needles tool to micrometer-size, researchers open even more areas of application for them, while bypassing some of the most important issues.
By downscaling needles tool to micrometer-size, researchers open even more areas of application for them, while bypassing some of the most important issues.
Microneedle patches could provide a means for extracting interstitial fluid to study possible new biomarkers.
Researchers are developing early detection technology for Type 1 diabetes that can accurately predict if a child is at risk of the chronic disease.
COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cellphone.
Scientists have developed a soft and nonirritating microfluidic sensor for the real-time measurement of lactate concentration in sweat.
Engineers have developed a wearable sensing chip that can measure the concentration of cortisol – the stress hormone – in human sweat.
The Wyss Institute's eRapid electrochemical sensor technology now enables specific and multiplexed detection of blood biomarkers at low cost.
Engineers have developed a skin patch that can continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate.
Scientists have created a new way to detect the proteins that make up the pandemic coronavirus, as well as antibodies against it.
Engineers have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest and, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, allow clinicians to detect its presence.
Deep-learning methods have the potential to offer substantially better results, generating superior representations for characterizing the human brain.
An advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform detects antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 within seconds.
Researchers have demonstrated a novel multifunctional ultrathin contact lens sensor layer with transistors that may revolutionise the manufacture of smart contact lenses.
The new device can continuously sense levels of virtually any protein or molecule in the blood. The researchers say it could be transformative for disease detection, patient monitoring and biomedical research.
A new eye test may predict wet age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of severe sight loss, three years before symptoms develop.
If Alzheimer's dementia is identified early, the decline in neural functioning can be stabilized or even curtailed in some cases.
Researchers have examined how mobile technologies have been used in monitoring and mitigating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Researchers are developing solutions designed to enable the analysis of breath gas to assist with the diagnosis of disease.
The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such as HIV.
Researchers at the Terasaki Institute have developed prototypes of contact lenses that can assist with tear sampling for diagnostic purposes.
A new approach uses a nanosensor to speed up detection of trace amounts of biomarkers for early-disease diagnosis, while retaining high levels of sensitivity.
Researchers at Rice University have developed a microneedle patch that can rapidly detect the presence of malaria in interstitial fluid.
With the advent of pharmacogenomics, machine learning research is well underway to predict patients' drug response that varies by individual from the algorithms derived from previously collected data on drug responses.
Researchers have found that people who are asymptomatic for Covid-19 may differ from healthy individuals in the way that they cough.
A dual-organ system enables the measurement of cardiac toxicity arising from breast cancer chemotherapy.
An artificial intelligence-based detects early stages of Alzheimer’s through functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in about 30 seconds following the test, has had successful preliminary results.
Researchers have developed a unique diagnostic tool that can detect dystonia from MRI scans, the first technology of its kind to provide an objective diagnosis of the disorder.
Researchers have designed a wearable device that monitors sweat for biomarkers that could signal flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Scientists have invented an optical platform that will likely become the new standard in optical biointerfaces.
Xsensio has been awarded CHF 1.8 million in EU funding to adapt its Lab-on-Skin sensing patches so that they can detect when a viral illness like the flu or COVID-19 is about to get worse.
Researchers have developed a microneedle patch for monitoring glucose levels using a paper sensor.
For the first time doctors have shown that measuring changes in 24-hour heart rate can reliably indicate whether or not someone is depressed.
Researchers are creating a wearable electronics device that can read brain waves while allowing the wearer to easily drift off into the various stages of sleep.
Researchers have created a wearable sensor printed on microbial nanocellulose, a natural polymer.
Using specialized nanoparticles, engineers have developed a way to monitor pneumonia or other lung diseases by analyzing the breath exhaled by the patient.
Researchers are developing a pill-sized capsule that uses AI-enabled sensing to diagnose gastrointestinal cancers and bleeding earlier.
Engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful health monitoring system.
Researchers have developed a device to monitor health conditions in the body using a person’s sweat.
A new mobile app can help clinicians determine which patients with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are likely to have severe cases.
Researchers have developed a framework that will help data scientists and other researchers use better digital health tools for clinical purposes.
Establishing whether a patient is suffering from COVID-19 within a few minutes is possible using ultrasound machines that are enhanced with artificial intelligence.
A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.
In order for a COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs to be developed, scientists first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly, and why it invades our bodies with seemingly little resistance from our immune system.
Researchers have developed a new approach to early diagnosis of lung cancer: a urine test that can detect the presence of proteins linked to the disease.
Usind deep learning and digital scanning of conventional hematoxylin and eosin-stained tumor tissue sections, researchers have developed a clinically useful prognostic marker.
A highly sensitive wearable gas sensor for environmental and human health monitoring may soon become commercially available.
Researchers have used a chip-based sensor with an integrated laser to detect very low levels of a cancer protein biomarker in a urine sample.
Researchers present sensor prototype that can rapidly, precisely, and cost-effectively measure molecular signals for cancer.
Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.
At the start of 2019 the EU project ELSAH began with the objective of designing a wearable within four years that enables the continuous determination of biomarker concentrations.
Researchers have created biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Parkinson’s diseases.
Based on a convolutional neural network the tool is able to provide results within seconds, thus supporting the doctor with comprehensive image analysis.
Combining new wearable electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly interact with a computer.
A machine learning algorithm can spot abnormalities in pupil dilation that are predictive of autism spectrum disorder in mouse models.
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep without touching them.
Using AI, researchers have succeeded in making the mass analysis of proteins from any organism significantly faster than before and almost error-free.
Researchers have created a 3D printed microchip electrophoresis device that can sensitively detect three serum biomarkers of preterm birth.
VR can identify early Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than ‘gold standard’ cognitive tests currently in use, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
Years-long tracking of individuals’ biology helped define what it meant for them to be healthy and showed how changes from the norm could signal disease.
The project “BioSensing” from Fraunhofer ISC aims to overcome the limits of modern biosensors with the help of quantum technology.
Nanotech-powered electrodes help solve the challenges of using sweat to assess biological conditions in real time.
Researchers have developed skin-inspired electronics to conform to the skin, allowing for long-term, high-performance, real-time wound monitoring in users.
A new ultrasensitive diagnostic device could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma, leading to timelier interventions and better outcomes for patients.
Researchers have created new machine learning software that can forecast the survival rates and response to treatments of patients with ovarian cancer.
Engineers have designed an ingestible pill that quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time.
A flexible sensor could hold the key to people with diabetes one day monitoring their blood sugar with a simple puff into a handheld device
Researchers analyze skin cells from mre than 100 people of different ages to find molecular signatures that change as people get older.
Research project is aimed at improving therapeutic options for both rare and common diseases, including supporting methods to improve editing the human genome.
Mobile Brain/Body Imaging system combines virtual reality, brain monitoring, and motion capture technology for researchers to study neurological disorders.
“The digital transformation will make healthcare even more human. It will enable us to provide preventive and personalized healthcare,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Kas, Professor of Oncology at Ghent University, Belgium.
Researchers employ novel machine learning techniques that determines the fewest, smallest doses of toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy that could still shrink glioblastomas.
Scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine.
New trials of a swallowable sensor have revealed the device is 3,000 times more accurate than current technology used to diagnose many gut disorders.
By drawing in a bit of sweat, a patch developed in the lab of Alberto Salleo can reveal how much cortisol a person is producing. Cortisol is known as the stress hormone but is involved in many important physiological functions.
A team of engineers has developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds.
Scientists have designed tiny optical sensors that open the door to developing a wearable device that allows doctors to medically diagnose people's health in real time.