Next-generation drug testing on chips Anjali Nimesh Nimesh12 Sept 2017 9:10 AM ISTResearchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small 'body-on-a-chip' device that...
Scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson's even earlier Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Sept 2017 9:40 AM ISTA new study provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson's disease even earlier than previously...
Under-reporting of vertebral fractures by radiologists: A missed opportunity supriya kashyap kashyap10 Sept 2017 9:20 AM ISTVertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fractures. People with osteoporotic vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs) are at increased risk of...
Pen identifies cancer in 10 seconds Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Sept 2017 11:00 AM ISTA team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous...
Could a smartphone replace echo to measure left ventricular ejection fraction? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Sept 2017 9:30 AM ISTWant to know how healthy your heart is? Now there's an app for that.In a proof-of-concept clinical trial, engineers at Caltech, Huntington Medical...
FDG-PET/CT predicts response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy and prognosis of melanoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTAdvanced melanoma, a type of skin cancer that has spread to other areas of the body, has a poor prognosis, but immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy can...
Blood test can predict early lung cancer prognosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Sept 2017 9:15 AM ISTCancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer patients will fare, a team from the University of Michigan...
Breakthrough : New one hour LAMP test for meningitis to save lives Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 Aug 2017 10:30 AM ISTIrish researchers have developed a test that can detect Meningitis, a disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose in just one hour thereby promising...
Researchers discover MRI can measure kidney scarring and predict future kidney function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 Aug 2017 9:15 AM ISTResearchers from St. Michael's Hospital have made what are believed to be two world first discoveries: an MRI can measure kidney damage and can...
Study identifies new cancer treatments that might prevent relapses after radiotherapy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Aug 2017 9:10 AM ISTWhenever an organism is damaged, the cells surrounding the wound receive signals to proliferate more intensely so as to regenerate the injured tissue....
Rapid, more accurate portable test for liver cancer developed Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Aug 2017 9:30 AM ISTIt's estimated that about 788,000 people worldwide died of liver cancer in 2015, the second-leading cause of cancer deaths, according to the latest...
New type of MRI scan developed to predict stroke risk : JACC Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Aug 2017 9:00 AM ISTScientists have developed a new type of MRI scan that can accurately predict the risk of life- threatening strokes.The non-invasive technique created...
