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Diagnostics World | The prognosis of lung carcinoma has changed since the discovery of molecular targets and their specific drugs. Somatic EGFR mutations have been reported in lung carcinoma, and these mutant proteins act as substrates for targeted therapies.
Jul 25, 2023
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Diagnostics World | The dynamics of hormone secretion over the course of a day have largely been a mystery, and at the cost of delayed disease detection that often translates into bad odds for optimal recovery.
Jul 20, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Capturing tuberculosis (TB) bacilli in a sputum sample can be like finding a needle in a haystack, unless the bacterial load is high. That’s when most cases are currently detected in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world.
Jul 18, 2023
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Diagnostics World | The European Commission announced this morning that it has fined Illumina and GRAIL approximately €432 million and €1,000 respectively—both record fines—for implementing their proposed merger before approval by the Commission, in breach of EU merger control rules.
Jul 12, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (Tulsa, Oklahoma) are repurposing a vibrating capsule that is FDA-cleared for treating chronic constipation to study how people sense the hidden signals originating in their gastrointestinal (GI) system.
Jul 12, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Recent research is harnessing the potential of placenta, brain, ovarian, and heart organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices to glean valuable insights about reproductive health, the processes involved in pregnancy, and early growth and development.
Jul 11, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Florida State University chemists are leading the development of a sensing platform based on the concept of energy transfer quenching, which makes dye-labeled peptides glow when mixed with a patient sample containing a cancer biomarker known as MMP-14 (matrix metalloproteinase-14).
Jul 6, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Walgreens and Freenome team up for clinical studies, Illumina launches new disease-predicting AI tool, and Seqera Labs has partnered with Genomics England. Plus, new products from Thermo Fisher, Revvity, more.
Jun 29, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Leveraging AI for drug treatments, stock investments, revolutionizing metabolic MRIs with polarizers, and more.
Jun 27, 2023
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Diagnostics WorldAs anyone who has ever needed a sleep study is aware, it’s neither convenient nor fun and can easily cost several thousand dollars. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea, typically requires an overnight stay at a sleep disorders unit within a hospital or at a sleep center with a long wait to even get scheduled.
Jun 22, 2023
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Diagnostics World | At the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo last month, members of the Genomics England team shared about the organization’s history, vision, and what it’s working on now.
Jun 21, 2023
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Diagnostics World | As the field of bioengineering progresses, emerging technologies are aiming to mimic tumors more effectively and pave the way toward improved cancer treatments. These technologies are becoming even more relevant since the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act 2.0, which enables the use of animal testing alternatives for the study of drug safety and effectiveness.
Jun 20, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Scientists and clinicians have been looking for behavioral predictors of suicide for decades now, and yet the most reliable detection method remains self-disclosure by individuals who feel life is not worth living. The work of trying to understand the brain mechanisms behind suicide is a newer, “burgeoning bubble” of research to better foresee who is in peril of taking their own life.
Jun 15, 2023
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Diagnostics World | A team of researchers from the U.S. and China have developed a flat, adhesive wearable sensor for detecting signals of individual and population health through the skin, and it can be manufactured at low cost using components that are readily available pretty much anywhere. Initially used in “smart diapers” to detect wetness, the multifunctional device platform now has a superhydrophobic coating making it waterproof so it can accurately monitor health variables without moisture or humidity interfering with the sensing.
Jun 13, 2023
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Diagnostics World | A technique for isolating urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by cells across the body has enabled the discovery of previously undetectable biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the protein cargo of the nanoparticles. EVtrap—short for extracellular vesicles total recovery and purification—is now the foundation of Purdue University spinoff Tymora Analytical Operations.
Jun 8, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign believe they have come up with an attractive approach to the battle against bacteria that can infect orthopedic implants—as well as the surfaces people encounter in everyday life, including smartphone screens and kitchen countertops. The smart surgical implant coating contains no chemicals but was instead inspired by the wings of cicadas and dragonflies that are naturally antibacterial through physical interactions.
Jun 6, 2023
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Diagnostics World | Using a special tissue grinder, label-free cytometry, and machine learning, researchers in Germany have come up with a way to evaluate potentially cancerous tissue without a trained human pathologist in only 30 minutes—fast enough to be done during surgery.
Jun 1, 2023
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Diagnostics World | NIH funding for at-home test distinguishing COVID, Flu, and RSV; card enables at-home blood sampling with analysis by mail; rapid diagnostics for antibiotic susceptibility; more.
May 30, 2023
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Diagnostics World | AI in diagnostics partnerships from Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Paige, and Visiopharm; Quest makes RestoreU Dementia Panal nationally available; Spanish groups release prognosis calculator for multiple myeloma. Plus: new products from Thermo Scientific, Aetion, Gyros Protein Technologies, and more.
May 24, 2023
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Diagnostics World | A new antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) method developed by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, resolves the longstanding conflict between what the gold-standard assay says will work and actual patient outcomes when it comes to selecting antibiotics. The alternative AST protocol reveals that antibiotics already widely available on the market can cure superbugs.
May 18, 2023