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New way to make bacteria glow could simplify TB screening
24/03/2018
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A new molecule that reveals active tuberculosis bacteria in coughed-up mucus and saliva could simplify TB diagnoses and speed up tests for detecting strains of the disease that are resistant to drugs. This synthetic molecule is a modified version of ...
New technology assures longer shelf life, season of mangoes
24/03/2018
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Mango lovers now have a reason to rejoice. The fruit, which floods the markets during summer, usually vanishes after that. Now, researchers at the department of nano-science and technology of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have come up wit...
Lab made hormone may reveal secret lives of plants
19/03/2018
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A new synthetic hormone promises to tease apart the many different roles of the plant hormone auxin and could lead to a new way to ripen fruit.
By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it...
New Smartphone Sensor Checks Your Blood Pressure
13/03/2018
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Blood pressure is a growing worldwide problem. More than a third of Americans have high blood pressure, a major cause of heart failure, heart attack, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. Measuring your blood pressure could one day be as simple as pres...
AI Diagnostics Move Into The Clinic
25/02/2018
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Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first machine learning application for healthcare: The Arterys Cardio DL. It uses a deep learning algorithm to analyze MRI images of the heart. The tool assists doctors in recognizin...
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Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Is Making Scientists Face The Hard Questions
10/03/2016
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The CRISPR-Cas9 tool makes genetic engineering cheap and easy, making it a powerful tool that has the potential to be abused. Video provided by NewsyT...