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Diagnostics World News | A pair of researchers at Rice University have developed a disposable, microneedle-based biosensing platform capable of detecting malaria infection from protein biomarkers in dermal interstitial fluid. The system not only eliminates the need for finger pricks or blood draws, but also requires no manual processing and has no electronic components—making it potentially well-suited to resource-limited settings, as a point-of-care test performed at doctors’ offices and health clinics, and as a screening tool for home use by the general public.
Nov 24, 2020
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Diagnostics World News I Blood biomarkers for detection of brain injury, MRS shows white matter changes, new multiplex SARS-CoV-2 test, diaphragmatic fibrosis associated with severe COVID-19, and high-dose anticoagulants show no clear benefits. Plus: Social isolation linked to hypertension, children mount antibodies without detection of virus, and a call for more efficient and adaptive testing measures.
Nov 20, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | In the U.K., it has become common practice to routinely screen people for colon cancer using a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) that measures the level of blood in the stool as opposed to going straight to a colonoscopy—long the gold standard in the U.S. Now, there is also convincing evidence that an FIT should be the first line of investigation for patients presenting with symptoms suspicious of colon cancer, as well.
Nov 19, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | By making colonoscopies semi-autonomous, a global team of researchers hopes to eliminate some of the key drawbacks of the procedure that have made it highly unpopular with patients.
Nov 17, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Stanford’s CRISPR-on-a-chip diagnostic, new diagnostic kit with DIY reagents, and recommendations to boost UK testing services. Plus, Oxford and Thermo Fisher join forces, Massachusetts school district plans weekly COVID-19 surveillance, and a new antibody test from EUROIMMUN.
Nov 13, 2020
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Diagnostics World NewsPhysicians could use a diagnostic device to aid clinical decision-making for patients with cancer and chronic diseases at the point of care (POC)—be that in the home, doctor’s office, or hospital emergency department.
Nov 11, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | New products, collaborations and deployments from the past two months from Mammoth Biosciences, Scopio Labs, Caris Life Sciences, Rady Children’s, Genomenon, Thirona, the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, and more.
Nov 10, 2020
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Diagnostics World News I Red marrow main target, increase in STIs amid lockdown, Dante Labs to offer Fluidigm’s saliva-based test, COVID-19 worsens tinnitus, few SNFs have fast test result turnaround time, University of Illinois creates successful test and trace program, yearlong study will determine seropositivity in frontline workers, myocarditis not as common as suspected, PerkinElmer receives EUA for pooled sample testing, and viral load determines outcomes with COVID-19 pneumonia. Plus: Twenty percent experience GI symptoms, 1.7 million New Yorkers infected, lung damage found in ‘long COVID’, unique case infectious for 70 days, and delirium early symptom in elderly.
Nov 6, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | An international team of researchers has demonstrated that an organ-on-a-chip model can accurately measure the effects of a chemotherapeutic on breast cancer tissue and simultaneously identify the unintended side effects on healthy heart tissue.
Nov 5, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Georgia State University faculty have received a five-year, $3 million federal grant to further develop a tool that will allow researchers around the world to participate in extensive brain imaging analysis without sharing protected patient data.
Nov 4, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | As the coronavirus pandemic overlaps with flu season, some experts say early detection will be especially crucial for battling this double threat. And in recent months, new diagnostic tests have emerged to help distinguish one from the other.
Nov 2, 2020
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Diagnostics World News I Organs-on-Chips technology to evaluate potential vaccines, COVID-19 associated strokes, recovered patients may be asymptomatic carriers, metabolites identified as biomarkers, frontal lobe involvement in abnormal EEGs, and antibodies detectable for several months. Plus: AI-based algorithm predicts acute kidney injury, PerkinElmer screens for COVID-19 and flu in single test, faster more efficient antibody test by U-M scientists, and NYC outbreak linked to European strains of the virus.
Oct 30, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Australian company nets cash for finger-prick blood infection diagnostic, AI-powered, “semi-autonomous” bone image diagnostics platform, NIH grants for non-Alzheimer’s dementias, and more.
Oct 28, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | It has been known for several years now that a “danger molecule” shows up in the blood when cells in the body are under stress or tissues are injured, inducing a potent inflammatory response—at least in rats. High Mobility Group Box-1 (HMGB1) is in fact one of the best characterized damage-associated molecular patterns.
Oct 26, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | IL-6 emerges as a promising biomarker, new antibody tests, and Monell Chemical Sciences Center reports loss of smell more prevalent than thought. Plus: new tests from Oxford Nanopore, Genalyte and optical technologies detect the virus.
Oct 23, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Surging use of telemedicine technology since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. earlier this year, but patients who complain of a pain in their leg can’t as easily show their doctor where and how it hurts via telemedicine. Natural language processing (NLP) thus has a potentially bigger role to play in automating diagnoses and the pharmacovigilance process, starting with interpreting data in free text fields and doing some of the cumbersome analytical work.
Oct 22, 2020
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Diagnostics World News I Antibodies may provide immunity for several months, five cytokines identified that predict cytokine storm, Dublin-Boston score predicts severity of infection, pandemic related delays in CRC screening may cause significant increase in death rates from cancer, and Fluidigm to provide millions of saliva-based tests to US colleges and universities. Plus: Mount Sanai receives research funding to study impact of virus on lung cancer patients, SwabSeq has capability to test thousands of samples together but give individual results and more.
Oct 16, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | The precision medicine gap, created by missing or outdated diagnostic technologies which have proved inadequate at providing a bridge between the numerous treatment options, and the subset of patients who will respond to them is one major obstacle holding back precision medicine.
Oct 14, 2020
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Diagnostics World NewsWith a proper supply chain around a population of patients, and medical experts available to remotely oversee their care, a home could theoretically be transformed into a hospital on a moment’s notice. It’s a pioneering idea that the Mayo Clinic began actively exploring this summer with a pair of pilot programs in Jacksonville, Florida, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Oct 12, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | New ‘dipstick’ technology developed at the University of Queensland can quickly extract genetic material in as little as 30 seconds; CalTech researchers develop new sensor named SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex; and dried blood spot samples are as accurate in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies as venous blood samples study finds. Plus: NIH announces new RADx initiative contracts totaling $98.35 million; University of Minnesota AI evaluates chest X-rays to diagnose COVID-19; Boston launches TestBoston to track previous infection; and more.
Oct 9, 2020