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Paper-based device developed for rapid diagnosis of lung diseases

CSIC researchers have coordinated the design of an instrument that combines paper microfluidics and electrochemical transduction.

03-Aug-2023 - A device that combines microfluidics on paper, electrochemical transduction and immunoassays on magnetic nanoparticles is capable of detecting biomarkers of inflammation in sputum samples, useful for the easy and rapid diagnosis of lung diseases. The research is coordinated by the Institute of ...

biomarkers electrochemistry inflammasomes +2
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Presence of nicotine and antidepressants detected in Antarctic waters

A study with the participation of IDAEA and IGME locates organic contaminants derived from human activity in inland and coastal waters of the frozen continent

30-May-2023 - Human activity is negatively impacting Antarctic water quality. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies (IDAEA-CSIC) and the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME-CSIC), in collaboration with the University of Granada ...

antidepressants caffeine nicotine +2
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New method for the detection of RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2

An effective and faster methodology than the PCR test

01-Mar-2023 - Experts from the University of Barcelona, the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) and the Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute of Aragon (INMA) —a joint institute of the CSIC and the University of Zaragoza— ...

H1N1 influenza A respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) +4
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Computer tool analyzes in detail genetic alterations in the genome of cancer cells

Developed by CSIC, CiberAMP allows establishing direct correlations between changes in the number of gene copies in tumor cells and their expression levels

18-Oct-2022 - A team of researchers from the Salamanca Cancer Research Center (CIC-CSIC-US), a joint institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Salamanca, has developed a new computer tool, called CiberAMP, to analyze in more detail the genetic alterations in the genome of ...

cancer cancer cells genetic alterations +2
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A CSIC and UPV team creates the first portable magnetic resonance imaging device

The first low-cost, truly portable magnetic resonance imaging technology

16-Sep-2022 - A research group at the Institute of Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging (i3M), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), has developed the first low-cost, portable magnetic resonance imaging technology with high diagnostic ...

diagnostics magnetic resonance imaging
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New method enables study of how biological functions are organized at the cellular level

A computational system for analyzing how genes are coordinated to create the cellular variety that makes up tissues

08-Apr-2022 - Humans have 24,000 genes, almost the same as the nematode worm Caenorhabitis elegans. However, unlike worms, human genes have a great diversity of biological functions from this limited number of genes. To study this process, a group of researchers from the Institute of Integrative Systems ...

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Novel hepatitis C virus inhibitory molecules by in vitro evolution

This work could contribute to the development of new biosensors and diagnostic systems for hepatitis C

11-Mar-2022 - An interdisciplinary CSIC team, formed by researchers from the Center for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), the Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa (CBMSO, CSIC-UAM) and the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB, CSIC), has obtained short DNA and structured RNA molecules that inhibit ...

aptamers biosensors hepatitis C
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Portable and inexpensive stochastic lasers with applications in microscopy

This is the first time such lasers have been obtained using electrical power, according to a study published in 'Nature Photonics'

16-Feb-2022 - Research led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has succeeded in developing a new technique for the fabrication of stochastic lasers using electrical power, as described in Nature Photonics. Conventional lasers are characterized by emitting a coherent beam of light, in a direction ...

microscopy stochastic lasers
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More than 100,000 unknown viruses have been discovered using a new computer tool

Knowledge of viral diversity will reveal the origins of emerging pathogens and improve surveillance and mitigation of new pandemics

04-Feb-2022 - Viruses are the largest known group of biological agents. Now, an international team of scientists with the participation of the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMCP), a joint centre of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council ...

cloud computing coronaviruses RNA viruses
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New Biomarker Identified for Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

CSIC scientists link the presence of AXL protein to early diagnosis of pancreatic tumors

02-Feb-2022 - A team co-led by CSIC researchers has identified a new biomarker for early diagnosis of the most common pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, which is the third leading cause of cancer death in developed countries (in Spain there were about 8,700 cases in 2021). This work, ...

biomarkers pancreatic cancer