Heart & vascular health

Biosensors for cardiac biomarkers and microfluidic models of blood vessels, blood disorders, and the heart.

Pericoronary adipose tissue imaging: quantitative assessment, artificial intelligence integration, and therapeutic modulation

CT scans of fat around coronary arteries may offer an indirect window into vascular inflammation.

2026-10-02

Roche launches newborn screening test for three severe genetic conditions

Roche's new PCR kit screens newborns for SMA, SCID, and sickle cell disease in one workflow.

2026-10-01

Engineering Multiscale Vasculature: Biological Principles, Design Constraints, and Advanced Biofabrication Strategies for Functional Vascular Networks

A Scripps Health review maps how biofabrication and vascular chips could build durable blood vessel networks across scales.

2026-09-29

An Anesthesia-Free Pharmacological Assay for Zebrafish Heart Failure Models Using a Microfluidic Platform

A microfluidic chip images zebrafish hearts without anesthetic-related suppression of cardiac function.

2026-09-29

Quantum Nanosensors Could Reveal What Organs-on-Chips Miss

Quantum sensors could help organ-on-a-chip devices track fleeting cellular signals in real time.

2026-09-23

1DROP

1DROP combines capillary-driven microfluidic chips with optical detection for portable diagnostics. Its chips integrate sample handling, reagents and reaction chambers to measure multiple biomarkers from small samples without separate fluid-control equipment.

2026-09-14

AIM Biotech

AIM Biotech develops microfluidic platforms for three-dimensional human cell cultures. Its chip and plate systems support studies of tissue interactions in cancer, vascular biology and neurobiology, alongside research services that apply these models to drug discovery.

2026-09-14

Mechanical Forces: The Hidden Conductor Shaping Organoids

A Nanjing-led review argues that pressure, stretch and flow are essential ingredients in realistic organoids and organs-on-chips.

2026-09-13

10 Things to Know About Organ Chips and How They Benefit Humanity

NASA explains how organ chips use human cells to model tissues, test stressors, and study potential treatments.

2026-09-08

What’s trending in point-of-care diagnostics?

Fast, portable tests are pushing diagnostics out of the lab and into homes, pharmacies, and community care.

2026-08-12

Setting out a roadmap for standardisation of organ-on-chip technology

The EU says organ-on-chip needs standards to support personalized medicine and reduce animal testing.

2026-08-04

Microfluidic Impedance Biosensor Chips Using Sensing Layers Based on DNA-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers for Label-Free Detection of Proteins

A DNA-coated microfluidic chip detected cardiac troponin I in minutes while largely ignoring a common background blood protein.

2026-07-31