Medicine’s getting a serious glow-up, zooming in on the body like never before. Forget broad strokes—new tools are letting doctors dive into diseases at their sneakiest, right down to the cellular level. The star of this show? Single-cell diagnostics, which ...
Test for Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Patients
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphiadeveloped a blood test capable of determining the level of mental impairment likely to be suffered by patients with Parkinson’s disease. The new test, the first of its kind, examines the level of ...
Optical Traps Detect Cancer
Researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts have developed new optical traps designed to interface with microfluids capable of diagnosing cancer without microscopes. Scientists are currently testing three different experimental designs, all compatible with traditional silicon chip manufacturing techniques, as ...