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A New Inexpensive Technology for Multiplexed Detection

...planar microarray-a flat surface with many spotted probes that each test for different targets. The MIT rese... paper, the researchers created particles with DNA probes attached at one end. They demonstrated that the particles could accurately and reproducibly detect t...

‘Fingerprints’ to Track Common Infections in Childrn

...cial gene chip called a microarray, which contains probes for the whole human genome and measures which genes are turned on or off. In this study, researchers analyzed gene expression patterns in leukocytes from 29 children at Children’s known to have one of four common infections: flu (influenza A); stap...

Researchers Found Drug Effects of Deadly Prescription Well Before FDA

...o possible new trouble. After such a call, Bennett probes for clues that led to a life-threatening reaction to a drug. What's the age and weight of the patient, x-rays, details of the physical exam and blood tests"' he'll ask. He'll canvas doctors to see if they've seen similar cases. If a vital piece of ev...

Novel Technology to Locate and Treat Tumors

...archers demonstrated that by attaching fluorescent probes to a pHLIP peptide, tumors could be detected. They expect that by attaching and delivering active agents with pHLIP, that tumors may be able to be treated. Targeting is based on the fact that most tumors, even very small ones, are acidic as a result ...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...se is the latest of several federal drug-marketing probes involving Bay Area firms (in northern California) and is centered on the sales activities of Orphan Medical, a Minnesota company Jazz bought in 2005. As part of the settlement - which Jazz will pay over the next five years - Orphan executives plead...

Mayo Clinic Physicians Have Adapted Real-time 3-D Ultrasound Imaging Devices

...eople are familiar with traditional 3-D ultrasound probes that can see a growing fetus and an adults beating...l pain blocks, thought of using smaller ultrasonic probes to image nerves. We thought nerves could be very ultrasound friendly because they run in a linear pl...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...xamined the cluster, Bruce Armstrong, said further probes were not likely to turn up anything new. Professor Armstrong said the outcome of the panel's investigation had been frustrating. "You'd like an explanation and people want an explanation and you hope to find an explanation that would be helpful,"...

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