Correction pen is new tool to make cheap diagnostic kits

The pen, used to mask typos, helped researchers overcome the challenges associated with using paper in diagnostic tests

Portable cure

Antique X-ray machine

X-Ray Equipment>> History • The Net

Sniffing out cancer

Hot superconductivity

The many applications of high-temperature superconductors

Humanising machines

Scientists have incorporated a facet of human logic into a computer programme to help in disease diagnosis

The Double check

New syringe for accurate blood tests

Its always about DNA

Blood is the clue, its genes are the target for curing diseases

Sex on the brain

The battle of the genders intensifies as scientists discover that the differences begin, and perhaps end, at one of the human fundamentals: the brain

Tracking AIDS

A PET DIAGNOSTICS

A corpse in cyberspace

Virtual reality's first human ghost is going to bail out medical research

Computerised conception

Test at home

Life-saving kit

Fallible Detective

Fingerprint identification may not be completely reliable

Accuracy of non-invasive blood tests depends on skin type: study

The optical properties of the skin significantly affect signals in the non-invasive devices and therefore measurements must consider skin …

Latest transmission patterns for drug resistant TB pose a new challenge

To tackle TB a dynamic change in discourse is needed. The focus must be on how to respond to emerging complexities the disease presents

Mammograms linked to overdiagnosis, overtreatment of breast cancer: study

Women are unnecessarily treated with anti-cancer therapies, including chemotherapy, for tumours that would never have caused a health problem

India develops world’s first vaccine exclusively for leprosy

The ‘immunotherapeutic’ vaccine for leprosy harnesses the ability of body’s immune system to combat infection

New kit speeds HIV testing

Dipstick, an inexpensive and quick HIV test developed in the United States, is now being manufactured in India.

Diagnosing tuberculosis

MALAYSIA

Sharp eye for breast cancer

In some breast cancer cases, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides clearer images than X-ray mammography

Combination of rays

For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage,…