Inside the Lab

Diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s can be a hit and miss process – but is a lab-based test on the horizon?

New live cell tomography technology allows the observation of cells in their native environments in real-time

Capsule endomicroscopy offers a new method of diagnosing upper GI tract disease – quickly, easily and without the need for sedation or excision biopsy

Tech firm’s latest project aims to detect disease using a nanoparticle pill and a wrist-worn device

Smartphone accessory can test three disease markers in a drop of blood in just 15 minutes

Acoustic sound waves can be used as a gentle way to filter out tumor cells in blood

Optical biopsy could provide a wide range of diagnoses in minutes and should be viewed as a support, not a threat, to pathologists

Sitting Down With… Carolyn Compton, Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Professor of Pathology, University of Arizona and Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA

A genomic processor is named innovation of the year by The Scientist.