Category: New products
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Simple Avian Flu Test Designed for Poultry
10 April 2015. A bioengineering lab at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada developed a quick, simple test for avian flu virus that infects poultry, including the type of virus now infecting turkeys in the U.S. and Canada. Guelph’s Bionano Lab led by engineering professor Suresh Neethirajan says a description of its device will appear…
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Trial Testing Mobile Apps for Mood Management
9 April 2015. A lab at Northwestern University medical school developed a collection of mobile apps for helping people cope with feelings of depression and anxiety, and is testing the apps as personalized interventions in a clinical trial. The study is led by David Mohr, director of Northwestern’s Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, who is…
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Purdue Spin-Off Designing Customized Synthetic Tissue
8 April 2015. A one year-old company, based on research at a Purdue University biomedical engineering lab, is producing customized biomaterials designed to form into synthetic tissue for drug discovery and toxicity testing. GeniPhys, founded by Purdue biomedical engineering professor Sherry Harbin, aims to further develop the technology, licensed from the university, into engineered tissue…
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Algorithms Compute Blood Volume from Video Images
6 April 2015. Engineers from Rice University in Houston wrote a series of algorithms that make it possible to calculate blood volume from facial video images rather than attaching a device to a person’s skin. The team from Rice’s Scalable Health Initiative that examines applications of technology to improve the conduct of health care, published…
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Inexpensive Test Bests PSA for Prostate Cancer Screening
3 April 2015. An inexpensive lab test using gold nanoparticles is shown in a new study to be more sensitive and specific in screening for prostate cancer than the standard prostate-specific antigen or PSA screen. A team from University of Central Florida in Orlando, led by materials science and medical professor Qun Huo, published its…
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Kaiser Permanente to Study Autism Genetics
1 April 2015. The managed-care provider Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California is collecting genetic and environmental data from 5,000 of its members to better pinpoint causes of autism spectrum disorder. The 3 year project, which includes establishing a databank for further research into autism, is funded by a $4.6 million grant from the Simons Foundation…
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Mobile App in Development to Manage COPD
31 March 2015. A system combining an iPhone app and big data analytics is under development to help people with COPD manage their symptoms and health care providers monitor their condition. The COPD Navigator system is designed by LifeMap Solutions in San Jose, California and National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute, a joint service of National…
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Nanoneedles Deliver Therapeutic DNA, Grow Blood Vessels
31 March 2015. A device made of tiny nanoscale needles successfully delivered genetic material that encourages growth of blood vessels in lab animals, in tests of its therapeutic potential. Researchers from Imperial College London in the U.K. and Houston Methodist Research Institute in Texas reported their findings yesterday in the journal Nature Materials (paid subscription…
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Hand-Held DNA Sequencer IDs Bacteria, Viruses
26 March 2015. A palm-sized DNA sequencing device was able to identify a number of bacteria and viruses, and discriminate between closely related species in about 6 hours. Tests of the MinIon device, made by Oxford Nanopore Technologies in Oxford, U.K., were reported today in the journal GigaScience. Oxford Nanopore is developing the MinIon as a…
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University Breeds Genome-Edited Pigs
25 March 2015. Veterinary researchers at University of Maryland successfully bred 18 pigs with their genomes edited by a technique that prominent geneticists recently called for strict guidelines. The university today announced birth of the baby pigs bred by animal sciences professor Bhanu Telugu and faculty research assistant Ki-Eun Park. Telugu and Park applied the…