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Diagnostics
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Using brain scans to personalize the treatment of depression
Taking advantage of progress made in neuroimaging, researchers hope that personalized treatments for mental disorders using brain stimulation therapies will be the way forward.
Digital CRISPR‐assisted assay for rapid detection of SARS‐CoV‐2
The first digital CRISPR/Cas‐assisted assay that can detect SARS‐CoV‐2 in under 30 minutes.
Guideomics to live up to the promise of biotechnology for precision medicine of brain diseases
Personalized medicine for diseases that affect the central nervous system requires renewed focus on visualising the behaviour of drugs in the brain.
AI detects protein signatures for Alzheimer’s disease in the blood
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Creating better diagnostic tools with light scattering nanoparticles
Recent advanced in nanoparticle-based SERS imaging has led to better diagnoses of diseases like cancer, and improvements in image-guided tumor surgeries.
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