Non-mydriatic retinal color fundus photography (CFP) is widely used in clinical settings, primarily because it doesn’t require pupillary dilation. However, CFP has quality issues due to operator errors, imperfections and patient-related causes. Further, medical providers often have difficulty collecting paired low-high quality CFP. Most denoising...

the second most common cancer in both men and women and the leading cause of cancer death in the US. Although there are risk factors for lung cancer, such as smoking, there are many cases where the patient never smoked. Because of this, there is growing interest in investigating the lung microbiota and how that may promote or prevent disease. Yearly...

Autoantibodies are an excellent biomarker for both autoimmune disease and cancer, however, some autoantibodies, called common autoantibodies, have been found to occur frequently in healthy individuals. The presence of these common autoantibodies can impede the search for disease-linked autoantibodies or lead to false positives. The identification of...

Gastric cancer (GC) is a major public health problem in many countries, with more than 1 million new cases, worldwide, in 2020, contributing to almost 800,000 deaths. And new research suggests that GC may be on the rise in the US, particularly among younger adults. Early detection of GC often allows for greater therapeutic options, however, because...

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is one of the most common juvenile autoimmune diseases and is characterized by progressive destruction of pancreatic ß-cells. By the time of T1D diagnosis, around 70-90% of pancreatic ß-cells are already dead. T1D patients face many potential health complications and co-morbidities which lead to both personal and societal...

In 2021, 134,592 people died from lung cancer, or 22% of all cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death overall and among both men and women. While the increased use of CT screening for lung cancer has resulted in a reduction in lung cancer mortality, it has also resulted in an increased detection of benign pulmonary nodules. Patients...

Gastric cancer (GC) is a major health public problem in many countries, with more than 1 million new cases, worldwide, in 2018, contributing to almost 800,000 deaths. And new research suggests that GC may be on the rise in the US, particularly among younger adults. Early detection of GC often allows for greater therapeutic options, however, because...

Gastric cancer (GC) is a major public health problem in many countries, with more than 1 million new cases, worldwide, in 2018, contributing to almost 800,000 deaths. And new research suggests that GC may be on the rise in the US, particularly among younger adults. Early detection of GC often allows for greater therapeutic options, however, because...

Crohn’s disease (CD), is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects about 3 out of 1,000 people in the U.S. It is currently not known what causes CD, but hereditary, environmental factors and a dysregulated immune system are thought to play a role. Diagnosis of CD is difficult and often involves expensive imaging and invasive biopsies. Current...

Because of their unique recombinant properties, fusion proteins are of intense interest in many biotechnology applications. Current methods to specifically detect expression of fusion proteins exist; but, they are either unsuitable for high throughput (HTP) processes, in the case of western blots, or are non-qualitative, in the case of ELISAs. Assessment...