Screening: Microchip Helps Identify Neurotoxins

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 [03/02/2010] Scientists have invented a new analytical method for the rapid neurotoxicity screening. They grow neurons on a microchip and check for substances that inhibit the formation of a network between the cells. Screening: Microchip Helps Identify Neurotoxins - read more

Therapy: Deep Brain Stimulation against Depression

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 [04/11/2009] In deep brain stimulation, doctors specifically target the impaired function of certain areas of the brain with an electric brain pacemaker.  Therapy: Deep Brain Stimulation against Depression - read more

Cancer: Magnetic Nanotags Spot Tumors

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[26/10/2009] Searching for biomarkers that can warn of diseases such as cancer while they are still in their earliest stage is likely to become far easier thanks to an innovative biosensor chip developed by Stanford University researchers.  Cancer: Magnetic Nanotags Spot Tumors - read more

Cancer Diagnosis: Sensor Biochips May Help

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 [22/10/2009] It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only about one third of the drugs will work directly in a given patient. Researchers have now developed a new test for cancer drugs.  Cancer Diagnosis: Sensor Biochips May Help - read more

Blood Diagnosis: Chip-based and Mobile

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 [13/10/2009] The blood analysis takes just a few minutes: An improved marker-free technique might provide the basis for faster analysis, whether in a hospital or for mobile blood donations. Blood Diagnosis: Chip-based and Mobile - read more

Lab-on-a-Chip: Acoustic Tweezers Can Position Tiny Objects

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[15/09/2009] Manipulating tiny objects like single cells or nanosized beads often requires relatively large, unwieldy equipment, but now a system that uses sound as a tiny tweezers can be small enough to place on a chip.  Lab-on-a-Chip: Acoustic Tweezers Can Position Tiny Objects - read more

Bacteria: Lab-on-a-Chip Measures Mechanics of Biofilms

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[27/07/2009] Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases.  Bacteria: Lab-on-a-Chip Measures Mechanics of Biofilms - read more

Biochips: Proteins in Gel

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 [30/06/2009] Biochips are already in widespread use for DNA testing. Researchers have recently developed a gel which also allows fixing proteins on their surface.  Biochips: Proteins in Gel - read more

Cancer: Lab-on-a-Chip Leads to Better Therapies

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 [23/03/2009] Engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue - an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body.  Cancer: Lab-on-a-Chip Leads to Better Therapies - read more

Microsystems Technology: Jack of Medical Trades (Part 2)

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[15/03/2009] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.de Microsystems Technology: Jack of Medical Trades (Part 2) - read more

Biotechnology: Molecules, Technique and Therapies (Part 1)

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[15/11/2008] by Wiebke Heiss / MEDICA.de

Detergents, plants resistant to bugs, drugs - chemistry, physics, biology – in the country, at sea or in the air. Biotechnology is everywhere since it is one of the most interdisciplinary branches of research – and helps medicine to combat diseases formerly known as not being treatable. Biotechnology: Molecules, Technique and Therapies (Part 1) - read more