A project in India will use smartphone cameras to provide cost-effective telemedical screening for diabetic retinopathy
Read article: Smartphone-based telemedical eye screening could save sight
Automatic system could speed up drug discovery by conducting time-consuming single-cell electrophysiology measurements without human supervision
Read article: PatcherBot robot frees humans from laborious lab work
Joe McEntee reports on a Europe-wide effort to develop and commercialize better methods of detecting a deadly and increasingly common disease
Read article: Optical physics collaboration targets early oesophageal cancer diagnosis
A new UK facility aims to help photonics experts translate their ideas into products that benefit patients
Read article: Photons for a healthier world
A cavity on top of a microfluidic channel creates a vortex that enables the study of blood and other fluid samples
Read article: Turning microfluidic devices into mini-centrifuges
New technique can reduce the concentration of harmful sFlt-1 molecules in blood by 40%
Read article: Magnetic beads help treat preeclampsia
Measuring the oxygen consumption of thousands of cancer cells at a time gives insight into tumour behaviour and offers new treatment possibilities
Read article: Photoacoustic microscopy captures variation within tumours
Catalytic devices kill, degrade and remove bacterial colonies on teeth and other surfaces
Read article: Antimicrobial magnetic bots make short work of biofilms
A mechanical syringe can automatically guide a needle into specific, hard-to-access regions of tissue
Read article: Mechanically guided needle eases difficult injections
Jon Cartwright describes how a new spectroscopy tool, developed at the UK's National Physical Laboratory, could cut costs for big pharmaceutical firms in developing new drugs
Read article: High-spec mass spec
