Tools & Techniques

We explore the work of researchers aiming to revolutionize the diagnosis of fibromyalgia and cholera using blood-based technologies.

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

Neurological disorders can be invasive and time-consuming to diagnose, but profiling cytokines in the cerebrospinal fluid can lessen that burden

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.