Diagnostics

A biosensor designed with quantum properties is 15 times more sensitive than classical sensors.

In a display of scientific willpower, A*STAR researchers developed and deployed the COVID-19 diagnostic Fortitude Kit within weeks of the virus reaching Singapore’s shores.

Jingmei Li is developing a risk scoring system for breast cancer that could help clinicians formulate better screening programs to catch the disease in its early stages.

A*STAR researchers have devised a method that can detect and distinguish closely related flaviviruses with 100 percent accuracy.

Proteomics expert Ruedi Aebersold discusses the use of multiplex targeted mass spectrometry for one-shot flavivirus diagnosis.

Using an expanded genetic alphabet containing fluorescent artificial DNA bases, scientists can now visually detect and quantify DNA molecules for use in diagnostics.

Diagnostic tests are the key to the early detection and treatment of
diseases — and Singapore’s Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub is accelerating the rate at which devices make it from the lab to market.

A
hunt for the special genes that defy the trend in embryos could help boost
fertility treatment success

A solution
of DNA and gold nanorods capable of six fundamental logic operations
demonstrates the potential of molecular biocomputing

Scientists develop a quick, cheap and portable test for diagnosing tuberculosis

Researchers at A*STAR have joined forces to fight the Zika virus