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Micro sensors to monitor blood pressure
Hypertension, if left untreated, can lead to a number of health problems including strokes, heart failure and kidney failure. Current monitoring methods are inefficient and are not performed as regularly as necessary to monitor and mitigate these serious health concerns – cue micro sensors.
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Predicting artery plaque rupture
Due to lipid build up in artery walls, plaques form that can rupture and cause significant health problems for patients. Researchers at the Baker institute have worked together with MCN to study and predict the likelihood of plaque rupture in an attempt to prevent it.
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Cantilever-based biosensors to help detect cancer antibodies
Utilising a photoactive material, researchers at MCN and Deakin University are designing a cantilever-based biosensor which detects cancer biomarker antibodies.
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Understanding emulsions and foams
Researchers from the University of Melbourne are fabricating nano- and micro-sized devices to integrate with atomic force microscopy to develop new tools to study the collisions between bubbles and drops in emulsions and foams.
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Cantilevers to assist with fluid characterisation
This project looks at the development of silicon cantilevers with different spring constants and gold paddle sizes to assist with characterisation of deformable drops on Confocal and AFM systems.
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