Device for Rapid COVID-19 Breath Testing
September 7, 2023
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have developed a COVID-19 breathalyzer test. The technology requires someone to breathe into it just once or twice,...
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Peptoid Oligomers Target Viral Membranes
August 30, 2023
Researchers at New York University have developed a new method to target many viruses that cause disease. For viruses with a lipid membrane, which includes...
UV-Free Air Decontamination: Interview with Sorel Rothschild, VP at Quantum Innovations
August 25, 2023
LumaFlo, a medtech company based in Israel, has developed a decontamination technology that does not require UV light, something that can be dangerous for people...
Bacteriophages to Diagnose and Treat Bladder Infections
August 8, 2023
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a bacteriophage system to identify and treat bacterial bladder infections. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, but these microorganisms...
CRISPR-Cas13 Test Inexpensively and Rapidly Reveals HIV Viral Load
July 19, 2023
Scientists at Penn State have developed an assay that lets them to directly measure HIV viral load in a drop of blood. The technology is...
App Converts Smartphone to Clinical Thermometer
July 14, 2023
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an app that converts common smartphones into clinical thermometers. Spotting the signs of fever early could make...
Microfluidic Chip Aids Tuberculosis Diagnosis
July 10, 2023
Researchers at the University of London have collaborated with QuantuMDx, a medtech company based in the UK, to develop a microfluidic diagnostic device for tuberculosis....
Lab-Created Mini Lungs to Study Respiratory Infections
June 19, 2023
Researchers at Rockefeller University have developed a cell culture platform in which to grow ‘lung buds’ from human embryonic stem cells. The tiny structures are...
Laser-Based Breath Analysis Detects COVID-19 Infection
May 22, 2023
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser-based breathalyzer technology that can...
Mobile Printer Produces Microneedle Vaccines
May 3, 2023
Researchers at MIT have developed a printer that can create large numbers of microneedle patch-style vaccines in places where they are needed quickly. Moreover, the...
Rapid Test for Mpox Virus Developed
April 25, 2023
Researchers at Penn State have engineered a rapid testing technology for mpox, previously known as monkeypox. The mpox virus, which is transmitted through close contact...
CRISPR Combined with Glowing Proteins for Viral Detection
March 23, 2023
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a sensitive diagnostic test for viral pathogens that is suitable for use in low-resource...