Engineering researchers developed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases. Using this new technology improves how ...

Whether you had breakfast this morning or not, your pancreas is working quietly behind the scenes. This vital organ produces the enzymes that help digest your food and the hormones that regulate your ...

The FDA granted market clearance to T2 Biosystems’ test to detect sepsis-causing bacterial pathogens in blood samples, the company announced May 29. Most diagnostic tests for bacteria in the blood ...

Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...

University of British Columbia researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of illness. Their findings could improve how we diagnose problems in the gut by ...

Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, have developed new laser methods that can quickly detect chemical weapons and harmful bacteria directly on site—without the ...

Rapidly identifying certain bacteria allows antibiotic treatments to be optimized. A team from the University of Zurich, supported by the SNSF, has developed molecules to detect and capture certain ...