Posts Tagged ‘Blood’

The Not-So-Holy Grail

Posted on: June 9th, 2023 by admin 1 Comment

It was exactly ten years ago that we published a blog entitled “Blood tests to detect breast cancer early,” suggesting that if […]

Leap Forward with CRISPR

Posted on: November 18th, 2022 by admin

Two years ago, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for “the development of a method […]

Invention and Entrepreneurship

Posted on: July 29th, 2022 by admin 2 Comments

David Albert is the founder and chief medical officer of AliveCor, a ten-year-old company whose vision is “to be the 24/7 virtual […]

Cholesterol and Breast Cancer

Posted on: April 1st, 2022 by admin

Cholesterol is an organic molecule that has a chequered history and is generally associated with an unhealthy diet. High levels […]

Attacks on Healthcare Facilities

Posted on: July 16th, 2021 by admin 1 Comment

For the past week, two regions in South Africa have been engulfed in violence following the arrest and incarceration of our former […]

Investing in Cancer Detection

Posted on: April 2nd, 2021 by admin

It is a sobering statistic – one out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. However, […]

And the Winner is …

Posted on: November 27th, 2020 by admin

James Dyson is the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner and other consumer products, including the Airblade hand dryer, an ultrasonic humidifier […]

Imaging with Nanotechnology

Posted on: November 20th, 2020 by admin

Seven years ago, we explored the promise of nanotechnology and highlighted a UK startup called Endomagnetics that had developed a novel product to detect […]

Standing Up for Science

Posted on: October 16th, 2020 by admin 1 Comment

Almost exactly a year ago, on 23 October 2019, CapeRay’s senior management team held an online pre-submission meeting with representatives of the […]

Is Nanox another Theranos?

Posted on: September 18th, 2020 by admin 3 Comments

At the beginning of 2020, we highlighted the story of Theranos, manufacturer of a “revolutionary” blood testing system that was supposedly able […]