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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Diagnostic Technologies"”.
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Esophagogastric Physiopathology after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: the Impact of New Diagnostic Technologies
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Preparation and evaluation of polymer microspheres for enhanced lateral flow immunoassay: the case study for malaria
… can benefit greatly from improved point-of-care diagnostics. Malaria affects almost half of the world's population and is responsible for causing approximately 655 000 deaths per annum in 2010, with 90% of these deaths occurring in Africa and 85% of these deaths occurring in children under 5 …
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Nové diagnostické metody v dermatologii: neinvazivní diagnostika nemelanomových nádorů kůže
… patients, making the development of non-invasive diagnostic technologies highly relevant. The scope of this work is to present data on the current state-of-art in diagnostic methods for NMSC and actinic keratosis. Different key words were searched through scientific search-engines. Results of the …
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Interferon-γ aptamers for the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
… of rapid and accurate point-of-care (POC) diagnostic technologies becomes crucial in controlling EPTB. Aptamers referred to as "synthetic antibodies" have been recently explored as a replacement for antibodies in diagnostic platforms. These single-stranded nucleic acid molecules have high …
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Developing tissue engineered models of oral mucosa and oral cancer to study novel therapeutic and diagnostic techniques.
… were next utilised to test four non-invasive diagnostic technologies. These included a cell metabolism marker, impedance spectroscopy, Fourier transform infra-red and optical coherence tomography. The results obtained from these different techniques showed varying degrees of promise with the …
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Technological advancements towards paper-based biomolecular diagnostics
Clinically tractable diagnostics must be low-cost, rapid, sensitive, easy to use, and adaptable to new targets. With its rational design, synthetic biology holds promise for developing diagnostic technologies that can address these needs. In particular, progress in synthetic biology has led to …
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Assessment of the appropriateness and market opportunity of a point-of-care diagnostic solution for hepatitis C in the United States
… Given the limitations of current treatments and diagnostic technologies, HCV often goes undiagnosed and/or untreated. With new therapies in the pipeline that offer the promise of increased efficacy and improved side effect profiles, there likely will be a demand for improved diagnostics to more …
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Micro and nanotechnology for cancer treatment
… of drug efficacy in patients, we developed three diagnostic technologies to address limitations in sample acquisition and improve the scale and sensitivity of current cancer diagnostic tools. In the first section, we describe a hybrid magnetic and size sorting microfluidic device that isolates …
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A universal biosensing platform for molecular diagnosis of emerging pathogens: From probe selection to clinical studies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Developing acoustic emission technology for knee joint assessment
… Consequently the referral to assessment technologies such as MM, CT scans and ultrasound is performed. Though these are effective tools they do possess various disadvantages such as their invasiveness, financial burden and limited availability. These factors emphasise the restrictions …
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Development of a High Sensitivity, Multiplex Vertical Flow Immunoassay System for the Detection of Biothreat Agents
Effective biodefense requires diagnostic technologies capable of rapidly screening potentially contaminant materials and individuals to safeguard public health. The historical reliance on centralized laboratory networks, with their delayed turnaround times, has motivated a shift toward developing …
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Microfluidic Methods for Investigating Cell Migration and Cell Mechanics
… biological processes as well as to explore new diagnostic technologies that aim to promote the improvement of the future healthcare.
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Single-molecule diagnostics to support curative interventions for tuberculosis and HIV
… without continued therapy. Next-generation diagnostics will play a central role in supporting access to existing TB cures and future HIV cures. In this thesis, I describe the advancement of digital enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) protein detection methods in service of curing these …
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Point of care platforms for protein and nucleic acid detection
… and identify known disease markers. Many diagnostic systems developed to quantify cellular and proteomic take several hours and require sample purification before producing results. These delays in diagnostic capabilities greatly hinder time-sensitive results for preventing illness …
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Carbon nanotube-based optical sensors for pharmaceutical applications : theory and experiment
… sensors by interfacing them with existing paper diagnostic technologies including the manipulation of fluid flow, chemical reaction, and separation.
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Single molecule methods for clinical biomarker quantification
… through the design of improved molecular diagnostic technologies. In particular, we focus on the quantification of miRNA, an emerging class of nucleic acid biomarkers that are among the most promising diagnostic and prognostic indicators of cancer. To address the main drawbacks of existing …
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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PLANT PROTECTION AND PRODUCE SAFETY THROUGH HIGH-PRECISION PLANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
… (BCAs), ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and advanced diagnostic technologies have emerged as an innovative toolkit for integrated pest management, reducing reliance on conventional agrochemicals. In these studies, we have explored these approaches in economically relevant crops such as lettuce, …