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Belgian PhD Student Decodes DNA and Wins a Bitcoin

Belgian PhD Student Decodes DNA and Wins a Bitcoin

Biophlox Admin 29/01/2018 0
 Sander Wuyts, a Ph.D. student from the University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) completed an extraordinary competition that involved bitcoin and DNA-related research. Wuyts was the first to decipher hidden messages in a ...
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Smart Contact Lens Doubles as Blood-Sugar Monitor

Smart Contact Lens Doubles as Blood-Sugar Monitor

Biophlox Admin 11/02/2018 5
Scientists have designed a smart contact lens to measure the wearer’s blood sugar without using a needle. So far, the needle-less prototype has only been tested in rabbits — and it’s not clear if it’s even possible to accurately monitor blood sugar u...
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AI Diagnostics Move Into The Clinic

AI Diagnostics Move Into The Clinic

Biophlox Admin 25/02/2018 0
Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first machine learning application for healthcare: The Arterys Cardio DL. It uses a deep learning algorithm to analyze MRI images of the heart. The tool assists doctors in recognizin...
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New Smartphone Sensor Checks Your Blood Pressure

New Smartphone Sensor Checks Your Blood Pressure

Biophlox Admin 13/03/2018 1
Blood pressure is a growing worldwide problem. More than a third of Americans have high blood pressure, a major cause of heart failure, heart attack, stroke, and chronic kidney disease. Measuring your blood pressure could one day be as simple as pres...
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Lab made hormone may reveal secret lives of plants

Lab made hormone may reveal secret lives of plants

Biophlox Admin 19/03/2018 0
A new synthetic hormone promises to tease apart the many different roles of the plant hormone auxin and could lead to a new way to ripen fruit.    By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it...
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