by Bruce Brown | September 28, 2018 | General News, Medical
Nanotechnology refers to tech with dimensions less than 100 nanometers (1/10,000,000th of a meter). Nanotechnology is often used to manipulate atoms and molecules. In medical applications, the very tiny tech is often designed to react with diseased cells for...
by Alfred Poor | September 4, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Our bodies are chemical engines. It stands to reason that we should be able to deduce all sorts of useful information about our health status simply by considering the types and quantities of different chemicals in our bodies: biomarkers. Doctors routinely sample...
by Alfred Poor | May 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
When an infectious disease outbreak occurs, time is of the essence. Health officials need to trace the vectors of the infection and take measures to contain the spread of the contagion. One disease that falls into this category is the infamous Legionnaire’s,...
by Alfred Poor | August 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Modern medicine can provide effective treatment for a huge number of diseases and conditions. The problem is that these treatments cannot be applied until the problem has been successfully diagnosed. And in many cases, diagnosis relies on the analysis of blood, urine,...
by Alfred Poor | June 21, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Our bodies are an ever-changing chemical soup, where the amounts of various molecules increase and decrease according to our health and physical condition. These are known as biomarkers, as they can be used to determine the presence of disease or other conditions. The...