By Ben Coxworth The prototype device, which is currently being commercialized by biotech company Ampera LifeDavid Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Because of the logistics and invasive procedures involved, many people put off getting tested for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Thanks to a new portable device, however, such testing could soon be performed non-invasively...
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New portable device opens the way for at-home skin cancer treatment, pilot study suggests
SAY COMMUNICATIONS LUGANO, 01 October, 2021 – A new prototype photodynamic therapy (PDT) device that can be used at home significantly reduces pain levels during treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) while achieving efficacy comparable with a hospital stay.1 These findings come from a breakthrough pilot study, presented today at the 30th EADV Congress. The...
Low-cost, portable device could diagnose heart attacks in minutes
by Brandi Wampleroctober 01, 2021, University of Notre Dame Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Florida have developed a sensor that could diagnose a heart attack in less than 30 minutes, according to a study published in Lab on a Chip. Currently, it takes health care professionals hours to...
NTU Singapore team develops portable device that creates 3D images of skin in 10 minutes
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE:(Left to Right) Members of the NTU research team include Assistant Professor Grzegorz Lisak from NTU’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD student Yi-Heng Cheong, the study’s first author and PhD student Fu Xiaoxu, and Research Associate Ashiq Ahamed. CREDIT: NTU SINGAPORE A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)...