Simple urine test may help early detection of brain tumors

MicroRNAs in urine is a promising biomarker

21-Jun-2021 - A recent study by Nagoya University researchers revealed that microRNAs in urine could be a promising biomarker to diagnose brain tumors. Their findings, published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, have indicated that regular urine tests could help early detection and treatment ...

Chip-based optical sensor detects cancer biomarker in urine

New technology lays groundwork for biosensors that improve disease diagnosis and monitoring

09-Dec-2019 - For the first time, researchers have used a chip-based sensor with an integrated laser to detect very low levels of a cancer protein biomarker in a urine sample. The new technology is more sensitive than other designs and could lead to non-invasive and inexpensive ways to detect molecules that ...

Osteolabs GmbH successfully closes seed financing round

18-Jun-2019 - Osteolabs GmbH announced the successful closing of its seed financing round with contributions by Seed und Start-Up Fonds II of MBG (Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft) Kiel (Germany), Laboratory MVZ Dr. Krause und Kollegen (Kiel, Germany) and two life sciences related business angels. The ...

Holograms for molecules

27-Sep-2017 - Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune diseases can be diagnosed with laboratory tests, for instance. But such examinations often take a few hours and are quite complex, which is why doctors hand the samples over to specialist ...

Innovative image sensing technology for early diagnosis of diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease

25-Sep-2014 - Professor Kazuaki Sawada and Dr. Takigawa of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology and colleagues at Toyohashi University of Technology have established an easy to use, low-cost, rapid, and high sensitivity semiconductor-imaging based medical diagnostic biosensing system for ...

Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Prostate Cancer

05-May-2014 - We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have established that a novel noninvasive technique can detect prostate cancer using an electronic nose. In a proof of principle study, the eNose successfully discriminated between prostate ...

Frost & Sullivan determines a real and urgent need for novel cancer diagnostics tests

Nucleic acid based tests address the need for tests that aid in the early detection and prevention of cancer

06-Feb-2013 - The range of potential therapeutic approaches available to treat cancer is expected to expand rapidly during the next decade. Current diagnostic technologies focus on detection and diagnosis of cancer using mainly blood, faeces, urine tests or genetic tests. Testing methods are now gradually ...

Urine test shows prostate cancer risk, U-M study finds

Test for gene fusion can assist in the early detection of prostate cancer

12-Aug-2011 - A new urine test can help aid early detection of and treatment decisions about prostate cancer, a study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology finds.The test supplements an elevated prostate specific antigen, or PSA, ...

Yale-developed test can help predict and diagnose preeclampsia

08-Feb-2010 - Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy. Dubbed the "Congo Red Dot Test" by the research team, the test accurately predicted preeclampsia in a study of 347 ...

PCA3 Test May Help Distinguish Aggressive Prostate Cancer

The PCA3 Test May Help Distinguish Between Benign and Aggressive

31-Oct-2008 - The number of prostate cancer cases is increasing rapidly. Fortunately not all these tumours need to be operated - some are slow growing or indolent. The question remains: how do we reliably establish which tumour is aggressive and which is not? The answer may well be given by the PCA3 (Prostate ...