Category: Research
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New tech could find tiny RNA cancer beacons in blood
This approach could open the door to a single, inexpensive blood test to simultaneously screen for multiple types of cancer – eventually perhaps more than 100 different kinds.
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Spiky “hedgehog particles” for safer paints, fewer VOC emissions
The new process modifies oily, or “hydrophobic” particles, enabling them to disperse easily in water.
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Smart gas sensors for better chemical detection
The main advance of the sensor designed by Fan and his colleagues at U-M and the University of Missouri, Columbia, is a better approach to divvying up the chemicals.
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High-tech labels to fight counterfeiting
The method requires access to sophisticated equipment that can create very tiny features, roughly 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
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In vitro pregnancy rates improve with new device that mimics motions in the body
By making the cells feel more at home, researchers get better cells, which is key to having better infertility treatment.
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‘Touchy-feely’ bionic hands come closer to reality
Providing some sense of touch to the artificial hand would lessen the cognitive burden of relying solely on vision to initiate and monitor movements, while also providing tremendous psychological benefits for patients.
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Fighting Cancer with Microfluids
These chips could make a huge difference in how fast we can develop a new drug or nanodrug.
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The sweet smell of science: A failed candy recipe solves a sticky problem in the lab
Researchers could pour in the silicone, wait for it to cure, then dissolve the mold in water, leaving perfectly cast pillars of soft silicone.
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New Michigan Regenerative Medicine Center Formed
The Michigan Regenerative Medicine Resource Center, as it’s official known, will be led by Drs. William Giannobile and David Kohn.
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Cancer decoy could capture malignant cells and warn of relapse
A small, implantable device that researchers are calling a cancer “super-attractor” could eventually give doctors an early warning