Archive for August, 2008
Real-time Detection of Staph Aureus Using Novel Optical Microscope and Lytic Phage Probes
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Researchers 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, […]
Computer-Aided Glasses Allow Blind To Detect Moving Objects
Monday, August 11th, 2008Researchers at Philips Electronics in Germany have designed a set of body-worn sensors that alerts them to objects that are moving in their surroundings. The team, led by Richard Daniel Willman has recently filed a patent on their device.
Already existing “electronic canes” are limited by their inability to discriminate stationary from moving objects. Using a […]
Improved PET Scans To Detect Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Friday, August 8th, 2008Researchers at Avid Radiopharmaceuticals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania presented reported their development of a novel 18F-labeled PET imaging agent that may make PET scans a routine diagnostic tool for early Alzheimer’s disease.
Michael J. Pontecorvo, PhD and colleagues reported their findings at last weeks ICAD 2008 meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
PET scans to date have not been widely […]
Drexel University Researchers Develop Cold Plasma Technology For Medical Use
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Researchers 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 […]
Tiny Tongue Magnet Allows Control of Devices
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008Engineers at Georgia Tech have developed a tongue-operated assistive device that can control a powered wheelchair and instructions to a computer.
Said lead researcher Maysam Ghovanloo, “This device could revolutionize the field of assistive technologies by helping individuals with severe disabilities, such as those with high-level spinal cord injuries, return to rich, active, independent and productive lives.”
Ghovanloo, working […]
Caltech Researchers Develop Microscopic Microscope
Monday, August 4th, 2008Dr. 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 […]
ZnO Nanoparticles Shown To Preferentially Kill Cancer Cells
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Researchers at Boise State University have published research indicating that ZnO nanoparticles have properties that allow them to selectively kill cancerous T-cells while sparing normal healthy cells.
D Wingett and A Punnoose also showed that the effect of ZnO nanoparticles against rapidly proliferating cancer cells is potentiated by linking monoclonal antibodies to tumor-associate proteins, thus increasing the […]