Infectious Diseases

Real-time Detection of Staph Aureus Using Novel Optical Microscope and Lytic Phage Probes

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Researchers at Auburn University have developed a system of detecting Staphylococcus Aureus using an optical microscope in real-time. Led by Vitaly Vodyanoy, PhD, their report appears in the September 15 issue of Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
Staphylococcus Aureus and in particular the strain (MRSA) that is now drug resistant to methicillin, the antibiotic that was previously used to treat it, […]

Drexel University Researchers Develop Cold Plasma Technology For Medical Use

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Researchers at the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute have decided to commercialize their development of cold plasma technology as a medical treatment across a wide spectrum of conditions.
Partnering with Plasma Technology Incorporated, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Gary Friedman and Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Chair Dr. Alex Fridman have developed prototype medical devices that […]

Caltech Researchers Develop Microscopic Microscope

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Dr. Changhuei Yang and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology have developed a microscope smaller than a dime that provides high power magnification without the use of lenses.
 
 Dr. Chang, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering has dubbed his device an optofluidic microscope. It can be used on a real-time basis to detect […]

FDA Approves Silver-Coated Agento™ Breathing Tube For Marketing

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it has cleared for marketing the Agento endotrachael tube (breathing tube) manufactured by CR Bard in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
The Agento tube is coated with a thin layer of silver, which acts to retard the growth of bacteria that can lead to the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). […]