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Biosensors to Detect Diseases Through the Coffee Ring Phenomenon

The coffee rings phenomenon could increase the sensitivity of biosensors. This phenomenon can be noticed when coffee is spilled on a table and observing the spot where the spilled coffee has evaporated.

10 May 2010

NYU-Poly Professor Conceptualizes Device for Detecting Infectious Diseases

Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s (NYU-Poly) biological and chemical science professor Dr. Kalle Levon has been able to conceptualize a point-of-care hand held gadget for detecting infectious diseases utilizing a patented biosensor of the floating gate field effect transistor (FGFET) category.

6 May 2010

MicroCHIPS’ Illume Receives 2010 Edison Best New Product Award

Intelligent implant systems developer MicroCHIPS’ Illume product has received the Gold award in the science and medical domain as an appreciation to the advantages it will offer to diabetes patients who need to intensively monitor their blood sugar for staying healthy.

5 May 2010

PositiveID Develops Chemical Block for Implantable Glucose Sensor

PositiveID and RECEPTORS who is PositiveID’s development partner, have crossed a major stage towards the development of the RFID microchip for in vivo glucose-sensing application for detecting the levels of glucose in the body.

3 May 2010

High Contrast Lumidigm Fingerprint Sensors for Real World Equipments

The multispectral imaging biometrics firm Lumidigm has recently launched its cost-effective and compact Mercury Series fingerprint sensors. The multispectral imaging biometric technology enables fast acquisition of better images under all environmental conditions and for all persons.

3 May 2010

TUM and Fujitsu Collaborate on Biosensor Chip for Medical Diagnosis

A biosensor chip capable of identifying proteins that are unique to particular diseases has been jointly developed by the Fujitsu Laboratories of Japan and scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM).

From Fujitsu Services Limited 27 Apr 2010

Sensor-Integrated Noninvasive Glucose Monitors for Diabetes

The report on Noninvasive Glucose Monitors from Research and Markets provides useful data and information related to quantitative and qualitative benchmarks and measures in the glucose monitor market.

26 Apr 2010

FDA Clearance for Proteus Remote Monitoring System

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a 510(k) clearance to Proteus Biomedical for marketing the Raisin Personal Health Monitor, its wireless personal health device.

23 Apr 2010

nCounter Analysis System for miRNA Studies

A novel MicroRNA (miRNA) analysis product was recently announced by NanoString Technologies.

22 Apr 2010

Purdue Biosensor Measures Neuron Performance to Test Epilepsy Treatments

A self-referencing glutamate nano type of biosensor was developed by Purdue University’s associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering and biomedical engineering, Marshall Porterfield, Subhashree Mohanty who is a graduate student, and Eric McLamore, a postdoctoral researcher.

21 Apr 2010