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Electrochemical biosensor for antibody detection

17-Jan-2023 - The quantitative detection of specific antibodies in complex samples such as blood can inform on many different diseases but usually requires a complicated laboratory procedure. A new method for the rapid, inexpensive, yet quantitative and specific point-of-care detection of antibodies has now ...

Self-powered paper-based 'SPEDs' may lead to new medical-diagnostic tools

25-Aug-2017 - A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses - powered only by the user's touch - and reads out the color-coded test results, making it easy for non-experts to understand. "You could consider this a portable ...

Carbon nanotubes form ultrasensitive biosensor to detect proteins

30-Jun-2010 - A cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer form a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins, which could provide a crucial new diagnostic tool for the detection of a range of illnesses, a team of Boston ...

Free Handbook on Oxidative Metabolism

28-Aug-2008 - ESA Biosciences, Inc., a Magellan Biosciences company, has announced that the latest version of its 'Handbook on Oxidative Metabolism' is now available on compact disk (CD). Available free-of-charge from ESA Biosciences, the handbook provides readers with a 500-page reference source showing the ...