Biomarkers

Scientists at the University of Cincinnati and the US Air Force Research Laboratory are developing a system in which a Band-Aid-like skin patch is able to gather and transmit medical data in almost real time, by analyzing the patient's sweat ... and you just need a smartphone to read it.

A new ultra-sensitive test can potentially detect the earliest stages of a disease to give any treatment the best possible chance of succeeding.

A new blood test may predict heart attacks in advance.

New technology allows paper testing strips to act as their own timers.

A new diagnostic technique that measures the patterns of electrical activity in the brain's vestibular (or balance) system could dramatically fast-track the detection of mental and neurological illnesses.

Researchers have developed a microchip small enough to fit in a device the size of a mobile phone, and sensitive enough to detect the signature biomarkers indicating the presence of cancer at a cellular level in just 30 minutes.