NEW YORK, NY — A Columbia Engineering team has developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging within the living body. Described in a new paper published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, MediSCAPE is a...
Finding cancer at the earliest stage possible, before it can spread, can significantly boost a patient’s chances of survival. However, it isn’t always easy as some cancers don’t produce any symptoms until it is too late for treatment to be successful. A new screening...
While real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) testing is the current gold standard for diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, rapid antigen testing has emerged as an important alternative for screening asymptomatic people. Rapid antigen testing...
A new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that makes cancerous tissue glow in medical images could help doctors more accurately detect and track the progression of cancer over time. The innovation, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, creates...
Diagnosing allergies is difficult and cumbersome. Current skin-prick tests are painful, time-consuming, and carry the chance of the patient having a dangerous allergic reaction. But a new assay from researchers at the University of Bern and Inselspital, Bern...
