Indian researchers have designed a blood filter using a conducting polymer, polyaniline, that can detect small traces of a protein that is linked to heart disease. The protein, troponin, and its three regulatory proteins – troponin C, troponin I and troponin T – is integral to the contraction of skeletal and cardiac muscle, reports Nature. For [...]
Polymer Effectively Stores, Dries Blood
June 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Australian researchers have developed a synthetic polymer that can store dry blood, requiring less of it from a patient, resulting in more precise blood tests and analyses. Professor Emily Hilder from the University of Tasmania’s Australian Centre for Research and Separation Science, and her team, developed the technology, reports Kate Tilley of Plastics News. Investors [...]
Blood Type Identified Quickly on Paper
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For those who need to learn a person’s blood type quickly, there’s a new device that will literally spell it out for them on paper. The blood types are common knowledge: A+, AB-, O+, etc. As Bethany Halford writes in Chemical & Engineering News, Australian researchers have invented a method that makes these letters and [...]
