Clinical

A concern raised by the rise in routine MRI screening within the healthcare industry is that the ability to detect abnormalities within the body may currently be running ahead of our understanding of their possible consequences, making it difficult to determine a sound course of action. Here then analytical science is arguably advancing beyond current requirements.

Is analytical science poised to storm the theatre and steal the spotlight? Possibly not. But I do sense an increasingly central – and recognized – role, particularly in the clinic.

The M908 took the top spot in our 2013 Innovation Awards – “Revolutionary technology; will be an inspiration for new generations,” said the judges. Here, four co-founders of 908 Devices describe the perfect storm that led to the creation of the world’s first handheld mass spectrometer.

We dived into our analytics to find the most popular online articles. Here, we present a thought-provoking quote from each of the top ten.

A new World Community Grid project harnesses excess computational power donated by volunteers to screen millions of candidate drug molecules

A new microRNA analysis platform aims to detect disease well ahead of symptoms

Technology gets an update to help combat the spread of the deadly disease

Frequently asked questions related to the application of DLS to the characterization of protein therapeutic formulations

Could a new acoustic micropump inspired by the legs of swimmers open doors for microfluidics?

Can SERS accurately detect the early stages of the most common male cancer?