by National Institutes of Health A new imaging technique that combines cutting-edge ultrasound technology with AI can tell whether a thyroid tumor is malignant or not by peering into its microvasulature — a capability that has been out of reach with conventional ultrasound alone. Credit: Dr. Azra Alizad and Dr. Mostafa Fatemi’s research team. National Institutes of Health Researchers have...
by Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation Scientists from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a contact lens that can capture tears for the detection of exosomes, nanometer-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions which have the potential for being diagnostic cancer biomarkers. Credit: Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, using Biorender software Scientists from...
AALTO UNIVERSITY IMAGE: BY COUPLING ULTRASOUND WAVES TO A MEDICAL NEEDLE, RESEARCHERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE TIP OF A MEDICAL NEEDLE VIBRATE 30 000 TIMES PER SECOND. THE NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD IMPROVE CANCER MANAGEMENT. CREDIT: AALTO UNIVERSITY The diagnosis of diseases like cancer almost always needs a biopsy – a procedure where a clinician...
by University of Turku Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The CA125 antigen, a plasma membrane glycoprotein found in the tissues of the female reproductive tract, is commonly used for the detection of ovarian cancer but works poorly on its own in identifying early stage cancers. The cancer specificity can be improved significantly when CA125 detection is combined...
The methods created by the team, allowed to increase the efficiency of diagnosis up to 97 percent SAMARA UNIVERSITY A team of scholars of Samara National Research University and Samara State Medical University, as well as clinic specialists of Samara Regional Oncology Centre (SROC), tested a new way of skin cancer early diagnostics with the help of original complex of three devices. The efficiency of oncology treatment is directly connected...
You can’t test for autism with a simple blood test or scan, which can make the diagnostic process difficult and dependent on the skill and experience of the clinician. Credit: altanaka/Shutterstock New Australian autism guidelines, released today, aim to provide a nationally consistent and rigorous standard for how children and adults are assessed and diagnosed with...
Key notes: Cancer detecting chewing gum to replace blood tests, a new product absorbs compounds released by tumors into the saliva. A biotech company has created a chewing gum that detects cancer Volatile organic compounds, unique to each type of cancer, are produced in the body The gum traps the compounds, which will then be...
This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series Grand Challenge Think of a tumour like a rapidly growing city within a patient’s body. Doctors can scan the patient to locate the tumour, much like a satellite can scan the earth and map its cities. And scientists can get a sense of the tumour at...
