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  • Quake Lab Utilizes RNA Sequencing Tool For Food Allergy Diagnostics

    Diagnostics World | Researchers in the Stanford lab of Stephen Quake are using single cell RNA sequencing in an effort to provide insight into food allergies and the antibodies that cause them.

    Jan 24, 2019
  • Genoox Announces Automated Genomic Reanalysis, Scripps User Notes

    Diagnostics World | Genoox today announces artificial intelligence-based tools for regular and periodic genomic data reanalysis. Scripps users weigh in on the platform.

    Jan 24, 2019
  • Color Genomics Improves Genetic Testing Efficiency With Illumina, Slack Partnerships

    Diagnostics World | With recent partnerships with Illumina, cloud-based communication provider Slack, and other organizations, Color Genomics is looking to progress their genetic testing portfolio.

    Jan 21, 2019
  • Obtaining Diagnostic Test Reimbursement In The Age Of Evidence

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | The biggest challenge that most diagnostics companies face in commercializing their tests is getting Medicare and private health insurers to pay for them. With the healthcare industry’s growing focus on improving the quality of healthcare and reducing costs, this struggle has become even more intense in recent years.

    Jan 11, 2019
  • Next-Gen Phenotyping Through AI Beats Clinician Diagnoses

    Diagnostics World | Diagnostics holds many opportunities for artificial intelligence, and FDNA has been training its machine learning algorithm to scan photographs to propose diagnoses for genetic syndromes.

    Jan 7, 2019
  • Veracyte, Johnson & Johnson Enter Lung Cancer Diagnostic Collaboration

    Diagnostics World Brief | Veracyte has entered into a long-term strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation and the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson & Johnson to advance the development and commercialization of novel diagnostic tests to detect lung cancer at its earliest stages, when the disease is most treatable. Veracyte announced the collaboration yesterday.

    Jan 4, 2019
  • Top 10 Stories Of 2018: FDA In Vitro Guidances, Flu Detection, And More

    Diagnostics World | As we head into 2019, we at Diagnostics World would like to take a moment and reflect on the groundbreaking achievements from this past year. In that spirit, here are the top 10 stories of 2018.

    Jan 2, 2019
  • IBM Wants Doctors To Use This Tiny Fingernail Sensor To Track Diseases

    Fast Company | IBM has created a tiny sensor that attaches to your fingernail and monitors things like pressure, motion, and grip strength. The tiny sensor can monitor cardiovascular health.

    Dec 21, 2018
  • BaseHealth, ChromaCode, MaxQ, And More: News From December 2018

    Diagnostics World | December featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including BaseHealth, ChromaCode, MaxQ, and more.

    Dec 19, 2018
  • To Realize The Potential Of Exosomes, We Need New Technology And Standards

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Exosome research has been a relatively niche field for some years now, but today there is growing enthusiasm among a much broader community about the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential of these vesicles. Following on the heels of circulating tumor cells and cell-free DNA, exosomes represent the next great opportunity for liquid biopsy applications.

    Dec 18, 2018
  • Accelerating Personalized Healthcare with High Performance Computing in the Cloud

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Major factors contributing to the acceleration of personalized healthcare in recent years come from advances in high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, enabling scientists now to perform the most sophisticated simulations in genomics, proteomics, and many other fields, using methods like genome analysis, molecular dynamics, and more general computer aided analysis methods widely applied and proven in other areas of scientific and engineering modeling. We demonstrate the impact of computer simulations on personalized health care and present two research projects aiming at living heart and brain simulations.

    Dec 13, 2018