Undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University have developed a cell phone-based screening device that’s intended to identify anemic pregnant women and newborn babies in developing countries in yet another example of the way mobile technology can be used in less expensive medical testing. The non-invasive anemia detection device, which the... Read More

Any bodybuilder knows that building muscle requires exercise to encourage the muscles to grow. Now, scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have determined that exercise is a critical step in building a lab-created muscle-like implant designed to repair serious muscle damage. The researchers, part of Wake Forest’s Institute for... Read More

Since the dawn of nanotechnology, researchers have envisioned using nanoscale drug delivery devices for chemotherapy drugs designed to fight cancer more effectively than is possible with more traditional drug delivery methods. However, the cancer drugs haven’t always been compatible with the nanoparticles designed to transport them to the tumors. Now,... Read More

Nanotechnology has numerous applications in the fields of dermatology and medicine: sunscreen with nano-sized particles offers better protection, nanotech particles can provide topical vaccine delivery and nanotech-based creams can provide drug delivery to treat dermatologic conditions. This week, a team led by a dermatologist and a chemist specializing in nanotechnology... Read More

Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new imaging technique that may lead to advances in solid-tissue imaging and in cancer treatment in the not-so-distant future. Details of the technique, which allows scientists to “see” into solid tissue through the use of light beams and ultrasound, were... Read More