Tools & Techniques

We speak to bioengineer Stephen Quake to learn about the noninvasive prenatal tests that have saved thousands of pregnant women’s lives

Could changes in retinal blood vessels act as an early bio-marker for Alzheimer’s disease?

Will diabetes treatment be revolutionized by the drug delivery capsule inspired by the geometry of the leopard tortoise?

A new detection method enhances circular RNA’s potential as a cancer biomarker and forms the basis of a new database

Could a multi-layer graphene (MLG)-based biomarker sensor offer the sensitivity needed for earlier lung cancer detection?

How a combinatorial approach to assessing coronary heart disease could improve diagnosis.

Different glycosylation patterns in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder could predict the future onset of neurodegenerative disease.

An iridium-based photodynamic drug accumulates in cancer cell nuclei – and destroys them from within.

How iPSC-derived 3D organoids and high-throughput histology opens a new door to personalized medicine development and testing.

Recycled and reused: scientists develop a library to help teach old drugs new tricks.