A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that short bursts of physical exercise induce changes in the body’s levels of metabolites that correlate to, and may help gauge, an individual’s…
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Implantable Device Can Monitor and Treat Heart Disease
Pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices used to monitor and treat arrhythmias and other heart problems have generally had one of two drawbacks – they are made with rigid materials that can’t…
Malaria test as simple as a bandage
Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That’s the idea behind a platform developed by Rice University engineers who introduced a microneedle patch for rapid diagnostic testing…
60-second breath test to detect COVID-19
Breathonix Pte Ltd, a spin-off company from National University of Singapore (NUS), has developed an easy-to-use breath test to detect COVID-19 within a minute. This game-changing technology, which is believed to be…
Machine learning uncovers potential new TB drugs
Machine learning is a computational tool used by many biologists to analyze huge amounts of data, helping them to identify potential new drugs. MIT researchers have now incorporated a new feature into…