Biomarkers are the key indicators that the Bio-Nano-Chip is programmed to detect.
Our Challenge
Our challenge is to move the dial in healthcare from illness to wellness. We are unlocking the path through technology and innovation to determine which biomarkers are linked to specific illnesses. We must better detect, diagnose and monitor diseases while improving speed, accuracy and affordability.
Our Commitment
At the McDevitt Lab, we "begin with the end in mind." For our research efforts, this means developing a pipeline to move the Nanotechnology from the lab at Rice University’s BioScience Research Collaborative into the hands of clinicians at the Texas Medical Center across the street as well as clinicians across the world. The McDevitt Lab will be the first in medical microdevices to create viable bridge from the bench to the bedside.
Keys to your health status
Today most diseases are diagnosed too late when the costs are extremely high. Biomarkers have the potential to see into the future and allow us to capture diseases before clinical symptoms show up.
Biomarkers are the keys that unlock information about our health and wellness status. They allow us to see behind these doors that today are locked for most diseases.
For the diabetic patient blood glucose serves as a biomarker that inform the patient as to their ability to control blood sugar. If you are diabetic you may monitor your blood sugar a dozen times a day. You keep the blood sugar in a safe range and keep you body more healthy.
If you are a women with ovarian cancer, you monitor you CA125 level. If you are HIV positive, you follow your CD4 counts.
These biomarkers are like molecular thermometers telling us if we are in a healthy stage or moving in the direction of illness.
Biomarkers and Affordable Healthcare