ITHACA, N.Y. – Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer that is diagnosed in the U.S. more than 70,000 times annually, arises from overly proliferating immune cells within the body’s lymph nodes, which are connected to a network of lymph vessels through which lymphatic fluid flows. The most common type of lymphoma is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), accounting...
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Monitor detects dangerously low white blood cell levels
Technology could help prevent life-threatening infections in patients receiving chemotherapy Date: April 3, 2018 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have now developed a portable device that could be used to monitor patients’ white blood cell levels at home, without taking blood samples. MIT researchers have developed a way to measure white blood cell...
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Cat-like ‘hearing’ with device tens of trillions times smaller than human eardrum
Developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’ for ultra-low power communications and sensory devices Date: March 30, 2018 Source: Case Western Reserve University Summary: Researchers are developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’– tens of trillions of times thinner than the human eardrum — able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can...
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Microscopic oxygen bubbles could help improve cancer therapeutics, speed wound healing
An oxygen nanobubble structure (left) showing gaseous oxygen core surrounded by cellulosic encapsulation. The oxygen nanobubbles can easily enter into tumor cells and can be visualized using ultrasound or dark field microscopy (right). Credit: Purdue University A Purdue University-patented technology shows promise in using microscopic bubbles filled with oxygen to help with various medical treatments,...
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Immune-engineered device targets chemo-resistant lymphoma
Ankur Singh, left, works in his lab with doctoral student Sungwoong Kim. Credit: Dave Burbank/University Photography Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer that is diagnosed in the U.S. more than 70,000 times annually, arises from overly proliferating immune cells within the body’s lymph nodes, which are connected to a network of lymph vessels through which lymphatic fluid flows. The...
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Augmented reality app may aid patients with Parkinson’s
Rice engineering students have designed an iPhone app to help patients overcome a symptom known as “freezing,” in which the legs temporarily refuse to follow the brain’s command to lift and move forward. In visual mode, the app places It’s appropriate that during Parkinson’s Awareness Month, a team of Rice University seniors will show how...
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Continuous glucose monitors proven cost-effective, add to quality of life for diabetics
Study of patients with type 1 diabetes shows that use of a continuous glucose monitor improves glucose control, adds to the quality of life, and is cost-effective over manual testing with strips IMAGE: NEWER MODELS OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS CAN TRANSMIT DATA TO SMARTPHONES AND SMARTWATCHES Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) offer significant, daily benefits to people...
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Deep learning transforms smartphone microscopes into laboratory-grade devices
Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have demonstrated that deep learning can enhance microscopic details in photos taken by smartphones Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have demonstrated that deep learning, a powerful form of artificial intelligence, can discern and enhance microscopic details in photos taken by smartphones. The technique improves the resolution...
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Scientists unlock path to use cell’s own nano-particles as disease bio-markers
Extracellular vesicles can now be identified at the individual level IMAGE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WOJCIECH CHRZANOWSKI AND PH.D. STUDENT SALLY YUNSUN KIM. Researchers at the University of Sydney have established a method to identify individual nanoparticles released by human cells, opening the way for them to become diagnostic tools in the early detection of cancers, dementia and...
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Tiny probe can see and take body temperatures
IMAGE: THE TINY IMAGING AND SENSING PROBE IS AS THIN AS A SINGLE STRAND OF HUMAN HAIR. University of Adelaide researchers have invented a world-first tiny fiber-optic probe that can simultaneously measure temperature and see deep inside the body. The probe may help researchers find better treatments to prevent drug-induced overheating of the brain, and potentially...