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Medical Devices: vary in both their intended use and indications for use. Examples range from simple, low-risk devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, disposable gloves, and bedpans to complex, high-risk devices that are implanted and sustain life.
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FEB 23, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve heard of dogs sniffing out cancer—an unsurprising skill given that they have over 200 million scent re ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In a new study recently published in Nature, researchers from UCLA describe a process they have developed to produc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 16, 2021Microbiology
Viruses that infect bacteria are called phages, and scientists have been interested in whether they can be used to targe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2021Technology
Engineers have worked on skin patch that that can serve as the “one-in all health purpose”. "This type ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 08, 2021Technology
A blood count is essential to ascertain a patient’s health. One of the parameters measured is hemoglobin level&mda ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 13, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A medical device used to survey lung sounds to monitor for signs of respiratory distress has received FDA clearance. RES ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 12, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Surgeons remove a tumor from the abdominal cavity of a patient. But how can they be certain that all the cancer cells we ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 29, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The statistics are a real eye-opener: in the United States, one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 01, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 24, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting a breast cancer diagnosis often means having to endure multiple tests, including some painful and invasive proce ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 13, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last Sunday, November 8, was the International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2020), an event celebrated by radiologists, techno ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 01, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Color-changing tattoos, powered by nanotechnology, that sense imbalances in your biochemistry providing a visual signal ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 03, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Harvard have discovered a novel diagnostic marker of dementia for identifying undiagnosed patients or tho ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 01, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s smaller than a human cell, but the diminutive size of the newly-developed ultrasound detector is by no means ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 26, 2020Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere in our world, and while the vast majority are harmless, some can cause dangerous infections. Bac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Technology
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a novel technique for 3D-printing g ...Written By: Nouran Amin
FEB 23, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
We’ve heard of dogs sniffing out cancer—an unsurprising skill given that they have over 200 million scent re
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In a new study recently published in Nature, researchers from UCLA describe a process they have developed to produc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 16, 2021
Microbiology
Viruses that infect bacteria are called phages, and scientists have been interested in whether they can be used to targe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2021
Technology
Engineers have worked on skin patch that that can serve as the “one-in all health purpose”. "This type
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 08, 2021
Technology
A blood count is essential to ascertain a patient’s health. One of the parameters measured is hemoglobin level&mda
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A medical device used to survey lung sounds to monitor for signs of respiratory distress has received FDA clearance. RES
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 12, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Surgeons remove a tumor from the abdominal cavity of a patient. But how can they be certain that all the cancer cells we
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 29, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The statistics are a real eye-opener: in the United States, one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 01, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 24, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting a breast cancer diagnosis often means having to endure multiple tests, including some painful and invasive proce
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 13, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last Sunday, November 8, was the International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2020), an event celebrated by radiologists, techno
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cortisol, commonly known as the “stress hormone”, is the body’s built-in alarm system that sends siren
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere, even inside of our bodies, and they are thought to date back to the early days of life on Earth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Color-changing tattoos, powered by nanotechnology, that sense imbalances in your biochemistry providing a visual signal
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 03, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Harvard have discovered a novel diagnostic marker of dementia for identifying undiagnosed patients or tho
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 01, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s smaller than a human cell, but the diminutive size of the newly-developed ultrasound detector is by no means
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 26, 2020
Microbiology
Bacteria are everywhere in our world, and while the vast majority are harmless, some can cause dangerous infections. Bac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Technology
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a novel technique for 3D-printing g
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin