A scientist at the University of California, San Diego, has found that certain polymers can help detect low-level inflammation, an indicator of disease. Once the inflammation is targeted, then doctors could send drugs to the specific site so that the patient heals. Inflammation is simply a chemical imbalance within a tissue. The chemical reactions accumulate [...]
Device Detects Cancer Early
May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Purdue researchers have developed a biosensor that could detect cancer early and design personalized medicine based on a patient’s specific biochemistry. The device, called a Flexure-FET biosensor, combines a mechanical sensor that identifies a bio-molecule based on its mass and size with an electrical sensor that identifies molecules based on their electrical charge, according to [...]
