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Terahertz Biosensor Allows Early Skin Cancer Detection
LONDON, Feb. 29, 2024 — Researchers have developed a biosensor using metasurfaces to detect terahertz radiation, a development which enables early detection of skin sensor. The work is the result of a collaboration between Queen Mary University of London and the University of Glasgow. According to postdoctoral researcher at Queen Mary University, Shohreh Nourinovin, traditional methods of detecting skin cancers are often expensive, time-consuming, and involve CT and PET scans and invasive higher frequency
Bruker Continues Expansion, Acquiring Seven Companies
BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 27, 2023 — In separate transactions, Bruker Corporation has entered into agreements to acquire in vitro diagnostics manufacturer ELITechGroup (ELITech), as well as cell imaging company Phasefocus. The acquisitions strengthen Bruker’s position in molecular...
PerkinElmer Acquires Covaris
SHELTON, Conn., Dec. 4, 2023 — PerkinElmer has acquired biotechnology company Covaris, in a move that PerkinElmer said will expand its existing life sciences portfolio into the high-growth diagnostics end market. Covaris is a developer of high-throughput genomic and proteomic...
Imec Spinout Axithra Raises $10M for Chip-based Raman Tech
LEUVEN, Belgium, Sept. 7, 2023 — Axithra, a spinout of imec and Ghent University, has raised €10 million ($10.7 million) in a seed round to develop a chip-based Raman spectroscopy platform to monitor drug concentration in the blood. The seed round, which saw backing from...
Skin-Like Microfiber Grating Gauges Cardiovascular Wellness
NANJING, China, Aug. 31, 2023 — According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people die annually due to cardiovascular diseases. Soft wearable devices are well suited for monitoring physiological signals from electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram, and pulse wave....
Rockley Completes Human Studies of Blood Pressure Monitor
OXFORD, England, Aug. 24, 2023 — Rockley Photonics has completed two IRB-approved human studies using a first-generation Alpha prototype of their noninvasive laser-based cuffless blood pressure monitor. The device is currently in advanced development. The first study successfully...
SuperLight Photonics Names CEO; Diamond Light Source Taps Leader: People in the News: 08/16/2023
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands — SuperLight Photonics, a developer of supercontinuum generation lasers, named Cees Links CEO. The University of Twente spinout is focused on applications spectrometry, OCT, crop management, surface inspection, and pollution detection enabled by PIC...
Perovskite Cells Meet Wearable Biosensor’s Power Demands
PASADENA, Calif., July 27, 2023 — Perovskite solar cells are providing a team at Caltech’s Heritage Medical Research Institute with an efficient power source for wearable sweat sensors that monitor a host of biomarkers associated with disease diagnostics and fitness levels....
VTT Spins Out Silicon Semiconductor Qubit Tech Company SemiQon: Week in Brief: 03/17/23
SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 17, 2023 — NTT Research Inc., a division of NTT, will double the size of its optical research facility in 2023. The expansion will accommodate the experimental needs of scientists in the company’s Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab, NTT Research said. The...
Project to Use Quantum Imaging to Track the Pathology of Tumors
DARMSTADT, Germany, Feb.16, 2023 — A project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will investigate the viability of quantum optical imaging for tumor diagnostics. Nine project partners, including TU Darmstadt, will explore the issue in the €6.7 million...
Dxcover Raises $11.9M to Advance Liquid Biopsy Platform
GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 13, 2023 — Glasgow, Scotland-based startup Dxcover has raised $11.9 million in series A and grant financing to support the development of its liquid biopsy technology platform for the detection of early-stage cancers, including brain and colorectal cancers....
Northrop Grumman Names VP: People in the News: 02/01/23
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 1, 2023 — Northrop Grumman’s board of directors has elected Stephen O’Bryan as corporate vice president and global business development officer, effective Feb. 6. O’Bryan succeeds David Perry, who announced his intent to retire effective...
Refined Laser Systems Raises $2.9M for Rapid Cancer Diagnostics
MÜNSTER, Germany, Jan. 27, 2023 — Biophotonics technology company and University of Münster spinout Refined Laser Systems has raised €2.7 million ($2.9 million) to develop a prototype intraoperative microscope that the company said identifies tumor margins directly in the...
Laser-Induced Protein Detection Speeds Diagnosis of Disease
OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023 — Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed an optical alternative to immunoassays and other methods used for protein analysis. The alternative method provides rapid, highly sensitive detection of proteins through laser irradiation....
NIH Grant Supports Portable OCT Detection of Jaundice in Newborns
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2022 — A smartphone-based system that relies on OCT to detect jaundice in newborns will be put to use diagnosing very young patients in the U.S. and Nigeria, thanks to a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH awarded...
Imaging System Speeds Diagnosis with Real-Time Biopsy Analysis
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2022 — Results of a pilot study conducted at the University of Rochester showed that a system based on two-photon fluorescence microscopy (TPFM) enabled rapid diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer through real-time imaging of unprocessed, fresh tissue...
Cascaded Neural Networks Help Virtually Re-Stain Tissue Samples
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2022 — Using a cascaded deep neural network structure, a UCLA research group led by professor Aydogan Ozcan developed a computational approach for chemical-free re-staining of tissue specimens. The AI-powered technique to virtual stain transfer provided...
NASA Deploys Diagnostic Equipment to Manage Astronaut Health
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2022 — As NASA plans to send to astronauts farther into space and for longer durations, managing and maintaining astronauts’ health has become more important than ever. In a recent technology demonstration mission, experts from NASA’s Human...
Nanotech, Deep Learning Combine to Detect Pediatric Tuberculosis
SEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2022 — A technique for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children takes advantage of the optical properties of gold nanoparticles to detect the disease. The technique uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to enhance the sensitivity of the test....
Optogenetic Tools Use Blue Light to Restore Cell Function
CINCINNATI, Aug. 22, 2022 — Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UI), and the University at Buffalo (UB) used an optogenetic technique to bring together mitochondria and lysosomes in human stem cells, to revitalize...
Plasmonics-Based COVID-19 Test Delivers Results in POC Settings
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 — Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Rover Diagnostics, a Columbia Technology Ventures company, used plasmonic nanoparticles with compact optics to develop a real-time, multiplexed, reverse-transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction...
Photon Detector Breathes New Life Into CT Imaging
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 16, 2022 — The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a photon-counting detector (PCD)-based CT system for clinical use. The system, which has been under development by a team at the Mayo Clinic for a decade, offers an alternative approach to the conversion...
Fiber-Based Photoacoustic Endoscope Fits Inside Needle
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2022 — King’s College London and University College London researchers have developed a miniature, high-speed, photoacoustic endoscope that is small enough to fit inside a 20-gauge medical needle. The needle probe demonstrated the ability to provide...
Micro-Ring Resonator Enables Fast, Accurate Detection of Ebola Virus
ST. LOUIS, July 28, 2022 — A diagnostic technique for the Ebola virus uses a micro-ring resonator and a biomarker to quickly identify the presence of the virus in blood samples. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine developed the technique, in collaboration...
Portable Laser-Based Scanning Device Detects Critical Biomarkers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 27, 2022 — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reported advances to the previously developed Cytophone device. In the current work, the researchers integrated a miniature multispectral laser diode array, time-color coding, and...
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