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The Quick Chip
June 19, 2013 11:01 AM by Michael Jones
Treatment for a bacterial infection can all come down to a question of time. According to a recent story from Medical News Today , researchers from the University of Toronto (UT) in Canada have developed a chip to identify the problem and the best course Read More...
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Groundbreaking Trial at the Mayo Clinic
June 12, 2013 1:53 PM by Michael Jones
In a ground-breaking trial for researchers and physicians at the Mayo Clinic, stem cells will be put to use in their first clinical trial on patients with a rare early-childhood heart disease. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a defect characterized Read More...
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The Data Pool
June 5, 2013 3:16 PM by Michael Jones
As genetic sequencing continues to become less expensive, more people are considering taking a closer look at their genes. The prospect of a deepening data pool has left researchers looking for different, more universal methods of information sharing. Read More...
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Medicine Goes Mobile
May 31, 2013 12:21 PM by Michael Jones
Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Not only can we organize our calendars, surf the internet, listen to music, play scrabble and communicate with our friends and family using any number of social networking platforms -- let alone the actual Read More...
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Dark Matter
May 15, 2013 5:08 PM by Michael Jones
“Dark matter” sounds like something George Lucas would tell us is at the heart of the empire. In reality, it’s the parts of the human genome that science has yet to identify -- which still sounds like it belongs in a sci-fi movie, but the discovery could Read More...
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Knowing
May 8, 2013 11:51 AM by Michael Jones
ADVANCE Discourse: Lab Knowing Let’s forget about money for a second. I know that can be difficult – what, with all of those pesky adult responsibilities and everything, but bare with me. If money wasn’t an object, and your physician wanted to order a Read More...
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Full Circle
May 3, 2013 11:11 AM by Michael Jones
The rise of personalized treatment has healthcare professionals completely rethinking the way they treat cancer. At the molecular level, each is different and should be treated accordingly, but similarities shouldn’t be ignored either. A study from the Read More...
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Lab-on-a-Chip, Round 2
May 2, 2013 12:13 PM by Michael Jones
Imagine a healthcare facility where a small sample of blood is taken as you walk in the door, just .25 attomoles -- you’d barely notice. They drop your sample into a small, handheld device and, by the time your physician has come to see you, they are Read More...
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Stem Cells and ALS
April 17, 2013 6:31 PM by Michael Jones
Most of us know amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by its other name, Lou Gehrig’s disease. After a recent preliminary trial at Emory University yielded positive results, a phase II trial has been approved by the FDA. An article from Newswise described Read More...
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Genomic Research and EMR
April 10, 2013 5:41 PM by Michael Jones
With so many new technologies emerging in recent years, trying to combine multiple advances can be challenging, especially when those advances haven’t been standardized yet. In a recent article from Newswise, doctors and researchers from both the Mayo Read More...
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Handheld Testing
March 22, 2013 5:01 PM by Michael Jones
The handheld testing application has always been something I’ve only ever imagined as a bad plot device in science fiction. For researchers at Columbia University’s The Flu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, it was apparently much, Read More...
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Fountain of Youth
December 28, 2012 4:24 PM by Michael Jones
It turns out the gym rats were right – it’s all about the protein. Maybe not anything found in our energy bars, supplements or shakes, but rather the protein found in our biological makeup. A research team at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota hasn’t Read More...
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New Wave
December 21, 2012 1:14 PM by Michael Jones
In a time of transition in the field of medical research, focus is shifting towards big data analytics. While the notion of information so dense it can’t be processed using traditional applications is intimidating, a DarkDaily news release noted “at least Read More...
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Real Life Gattaca?
December 7, 2012 1:04 PM by Michael Jones
I remember studying genetics in high school biology and watching Gattaca (1997), which genuinely blew my mind. On its own, genome sequencing seemed like a concept that science ripped directly from the pages of fiction. I could barely wrap my mind around Read More...
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Suitcase School
December 5, 2012 1:06 PM by Michael Jones
Every day, laboratory technology is getting faster and more precise, but what about smaller? According to a recent Dark Daily news briefing , Australian pathologist, Dr. Tim Inglis, researched mosquito-borne illnesses on the move with a molecular pathology Read More...
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