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Diagnostics World News | New findings could lead to a blood test that is able to help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with greater accuracy. The biomarker gene expression signatures identified could also be a gateway toward more precise prevention and treatment measures, researchers say.
Jun 19, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Jennifer Dien Bard understands the frustration of having a vast menu of available molecular diagnostic tests but being limited by reimbursement restrictions. She argues that new, clinically useful tests must secure reimbursement coverage so that labs can make use of them.
Jun 17, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Diagnostics is at a turning point. A combination of innovations in detection systems, micro-fluidics, biology, electronics, and more is changing the landscape.
Jun 13, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Laboratory groups the world over have applied a multiphoton laser microscope directly to the skin to peer at living tissue using a beam of light. But University of British Columbia researchers are the first to demonstrate that the same instrument can also treat tissue simply by turning up the power of the laser.
Jun 11, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern, head of the Cancer Genomics and Biocomputing of Complex Diseases Lab at Bar-Ilan University, explores how her work is informed by both bioinformatics and cancer genomics, the link between art and science, and more.
Jun 5, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | Roche announced the release of NAVIFY Tumor Board 2.0, the first collaboration product from their partnership with GE Healthcare.
Jun 3, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Liquid biopsy markers have played an integral role in precision medicine. However, there are a number of challenges with the expansion of liquid biopsy markers into the drug discovery and drug testing field, mostly due to the rather evolutionary nature.
Jun 3, 2019
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The Baltimore Sun | A newly formed Baltimore company has raised $110 million to commercialize a cancer-detecting blood test, developed by Johns Hopkins researchers, that doctors would give patients during routine physicals.
May 31, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | At the Next Generation Dx Summit, a full program will explore point-of-care diagnostics, immuno-oncology, digital pathology and AI, and all of the accompanying regulatory and reimbursement questions.
May 31, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | A multicenter research team led jointly by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant to further evaluate whether brain imaging can help detect very high risk of autism spectrum disorder in early infancy. Researchers believe that if they can detect evidence of the disorder earlier, behavioral interventions can begin sooner than currently possible, which may help improve outcomes for affected children.
May 30, 2019