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A DIY 'Just-add-water' Malaria Detection Kit is Ready to Launch
NewsA 'just-add-water' diagnostic test for malaria has been designed by Australian scientists, and it's ready to go.
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Blood Test Could Detect Kidney Cancer Up to Five Years Earlier
NewsScientists have discovered that a marker in the blood could help predict the risk that a person will develop kidney cancer.
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What Does Underwear Choice Have to do with Sperm Count?
NewsThis cross-sectional study addressed the age-old fertility question: how does underwear choice affect men's swimmers?
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New Method of Diagnosing Cancer with Malaria Protein
News Aug 17, 2018Researchers have discovered a method of diagnosing a broad range of cancers at their early stages by utilizing a particular malaria protein, which sticks to cancer cells in blood samples.
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Possible Reason Why Some People with Brain Markers of Alzheimer’s Don't Have Dementia
News Aug 17, 2018Why do some people with amyloid plaques and tau tangles typical of symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, not have dementia?
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Blood Test Could Identify Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes
News Aug 17, 2018Early screening could allow for lifestyle changes before gestational diabetes develops.
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Scientists Develop Platform to Kill Cancer Cells
News Aug 17, 2018For the first time ever, scientists have shown that a hybrid nanomaterial based on magnetite-gold particles can serve as a universal platform to both detect cancer cells anywhere in the body and to complete targeted deliveries of drugs to these cells.
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Oral Delivery of Nanoparticles
News Aug 16, 2018Nanoparticles show great promise as diagnostic tools and drug delivery agents. But until now, most nanoparticles had to be injected into the bloodstream because they weren’t absorbed well orally. Now, researchers have modified nanoparticles to improve their uptake in the gastrointestinal tract.
First-of-its-Kind Parkinson’s Disease Biomarker Guidelines Invigorates Drive for Treatments
News Aug 16, 2018These guidelines aim to improve Parkinson's treatment development and collaboration, and provide research principles.
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Making Malignant Brain Tumors Self-Destruct
News Aug 16, 2018Aggressive brain tumour cells taken from patients self-destructed after being exposed to a chemical in laboratory tests
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Emergency Departments Can Be an Effective Venue for Hepatitis C Virus Testing
News Aug 16, 2018Boston researchers report the need to screen for Hepatitis C, even in those not perceived to be at risk.
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Placenta-on-a-chip 3D-printed in the Lab
News Aug 15, 2018Artificial placenta-on-a-chip 3D-printed out of umbilical cord endothelial cells and human choriocarcinoma cells.
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New Test Helps ID Those at Risk for Five Deadly Diseases
News Aug 15, 2018Researchers propose that it is time for the biomedical community to consider this genomics approach in clinical care.
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