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Testing the level of caffeine in the blood may provide a simple way to aid the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. A study found that people with Parkinson’s disease had significantly lower levels of caffeine in their blood than people without the disease, even if they consumed the same amount of caffeine.

For decades, chemical pesticides have been the most important way of controlling insects like the Anopheles mosquito species that spreads malaria to humans. Unfortunately, the bugs have fought back, evolving genetic shields to protect themselves and their offspring from future attacks.

In particular, the test could help direct treatment for women with triple-negative breast cancer, which does not respond to traditional hormone-based treatments.

A new marker that could be used to diagnose fatal breast cancer up to one year ahead of current methods has been identified in a study led by UCL.

Second edition of accelerator unveils seed funding winners.

A team of researchers has developed a high resolution mass spectrometry imaging system capable of analyzing live biological samples at a resolution of several micrometers.

Researchers from Nagoya University have developed a nanowire device able to detect microscopic levels of urinary markers potentially implicated in cancer.

Use your smartphone to check how clean the air is, whether food is fresh or a lump is malignant. This has all come a step closer thanks to a new spectrometer that is so small it can be incorporated easily and cheaply in a mobile phone. The little sensor is just as precise as the normal tabletop models used in scientific labs.

Horizon to develop and manufacture FFPE Reference Standards that express NTRK fusion biomarkers. Agreement builds upon Horizon’s pre-existing partnership with Roche Diagnostics.

The replicability of results from scientific studies has become a major source of concern in the research community, particularly in the social sciences and biomedical sciences. A new study that compared the results reported in thousands of papers published about the properties of metal organic framework (MOF) materials – which are prominent candidates for carbon dioxide adsorption and other separations – suggests the replicability problem should be a concern for materials researchers, too.