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8 Alzheimer’s disease breakthroughs you need to know

June 29, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

  Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia that can cause problems with memory, thinking and behavior, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. It is the most common form of dementia that gets worse over time. Nearly 6 million Americans presently live with Alzheimer’s— and there’s no cure for it. The disease is caused by protein buildups […]

Filed Under: Implants, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, Research & Development Tagged With: Alzheimer's disease, Augusta University, cognitotherapeutics, DARPA, Indiana University, MedTech, neurodegenerative diseases, NeuroVision, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, Yale Medicine

How a single drop of blood can detect sepsis

July 25, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Sepsis can be identified by a single drop of blood, thanks to a lab-on-a-chip device from the University of Illinois. Researchers at the University of Illinois and the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., recently completed a clinical study of the device that provides a fast, point-of-care measurement of the body’s immune system response without […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Patient Monitoring Tagged With: Carle Foundation Hospital, Lab-on-a-Chip, Sepsis, University of Illinois

These sensors can detect diseases using your breath

May 31, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Disease markers and toxins in a building’s air could soon be detected on portable and disposable sensor devices being created by University of Illinois researchers. The device is made from small, thin, organic plastic that is in the shape of a square. The researchers have so far been able to monitor ammonia in patients’ breath, […]

Filed Under: Research & Development Tagged With: biomarkers, disease markers, MedTech, University of Illinois

CRISPR uncovers drug compounds in bacterial genome

April 11, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers at the University of Illinois and the Agency for Science, Technology & Research in Singapore are using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to uncover potentially useful drug compounds. The team has used CRISPR-Cas9 to turn on “silent” gene clusters in Streptomyces and express genes that naturally produce drug compounds to be used as antibiotics or […]

Filed Under: Pharmaceutical, Research & Development Tagged With: University of Illinois

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