Category: Technology & Devices
A new malnutrition vaccine for the world’s poor
When we think about the world’s most pressing global health issues, usually diseases or conditions such as HIV/AIDS, malaria or influenza come to mind. But a report just released in the prestigious medical journal, Blood, reveals that anemia is now […]
Goose-Bump sensor, a new technology
Measuring emotional states with a new technology can open up new avenues for the advertising, manufacturing and social media companies. Imagine a world in which a consumer’s real-time physical and emotional response helped to determine his/her experience of music, online […]
Chemotherapy likely to get less painful
The pain pathway is dependent on activation of S1PR1 in the central nervous system. In a major breakthrough that has long term implications for cancer patients, researchers have discovered the pain pathway in chemotherapy and also a potential way to […]
Soon non-surgical treatment for enlarged prostate
There is a good news for elderly gentlemen who are more susceptible to suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), an age-related enlargement of the prostate as they may not have to go under a knife if a non-invasive process that […]
S’pore scientists develop method to use body’s immune system to fight leukaemia
SINGAPORE – Singapore scientists have discovered a way to allow the human body’s immune system to recognise cancer cells, opening up new possibilities in the field of leukaemia immunotherapy. Leukaemia is characterised by the accumulation of cancer cells originating from […]
Scientists bring new repellent to fight malaria
80 percent of the deaths from malaria occur in only 14 countries of Africa and Asia. In summer rapidly approaches the nearly undetectable siphoning of blood by a mosquito that results a key to transmitter of malaria. The World Health […]
Israeli researchers develop breathalyzer test that can sniff out cancer
A group of Israeli researchers revealed that they have developed a new breathalyzer test that can be used in detecting cancer. The device developed by Prof. Nir Peled of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Hossam Haick (inventor) […]
Science finds chink in superbug armour
Scientists Wednesday announced an advance in the quest to solve the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, saying they had found a chink in the armour of bacteria cells. A resilient class of germs called Gram-negative bacteria have an impermeable lipid-based […]
Sensor-fitted cup will study your drink
Researchers have created a sensor-fitted cup that identifies what you’re drinking and tells you how it affects your health and hydration needs. Vessyl will not only identify and track what you drink and how much of it, but also senses […]
Genetically modified mosquitoes open up new front in war on malaria
Biologists say they have devised a new weapon against malaria by genetically engineering mosquitoes which produce mostly male offspring, eventually leading to a population wipe-out. The sex selection technique produces a generation of mosquitoes which is 95% male, as opposed […]
