medical diagnostics

New electrostatic-based DNA microarray technique could revolutionize medical diagnostics

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:15:41 -0500

The dream of personalized medicine — in which diagnostics, risk predictions and treatment decisions are based on a patient's genetic profile — may be on the verge of being expanded beyond the wealthiest of nations with state-of-the-art clinics.

How diagnostic errors happen

harminka — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:29:15 -0500

How frequently do doctors misdiagnose patients? While research has demonstrated that the great majority of medical diagnoses are correct, the answer is probably higher than patients expect and certainly higher than doctors realize.

Building up nanotech research

harminka — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:25:31 -0500

'Build it and they will come' seems to sum up the collective philosophy of many in the nanotechnology field. While many of the practical nanotech applications are yet to be realized, the physical and intellectual infrastructure to advance nanotech research is growing by leaps and bounds, fueled by billions of dollars in investments, according to an article scheduled for the April 9 issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine.

Successful development of prototype assays

harminka — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:38:08 -0600

DNA gets new twist - Developing unique 'DNA nanotags'

harminka — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:00:07 -0600