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  • Fibromyalgia Can Now Be Detected In The Blood, Researchers Say

    Diagnostics World News | Researchers from The Ohio State University have identified potential biomarkers of fibromyalgia and have differentiated the condition from several other related illnesses. They believe the discovery could be a turning point that leads to a blood test.

    Jul 9, 2019
  • Best Practices In Commercializing Diagnostics

    Diagnostics World News | Joshua Krieger, an innovation economist at the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, discusses the challenges and best practices in commercializing diagnostic products and what steps entrepreneurs should take as they prepare to go to market.

    Jul 3, 2019
  • MX3 Diagnostics, Illumina, QIAGEN, And More: News From June 2019

    Diagnostics World News | June featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including MX3 Diagnostics, Illumina, QIAGEN, and more.

    Jul 1, 2019
  • Tickborne Illnesses: Have We Broken The Code To Better Illness Management?

    Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | Tickborne illnesses are on the rise in the US, according to the CDC. But changes in diagnostics, clinician resources and education, and analysis may be helping us turn a corner toward more effective tickborne illness management.

    Jun 28, 2019
  • New Point-Of-Care Tool Instantly Diagnoses Rare Diseases

    Diagnostics World News | One of the most vexing problems in diagnostics, crossing multiple specialty areas, is the large number of rare diseases that can take years, if ever, for a physician to identify. New point-of-care DNA analysis software is now freely available that could change all of that, making genetic conditions easier to diagnose in clinical practice and research programs.

    Jun 26, 2019
  • Integrating Clinical Research And Care In A Perpetual Trial

    Diagnostics World News | Mika Newton, CEO of xCures, believes R&D is about to hit a wall. The solution? A perpetual trial—the combination of real world data collection and artificial intelligence platform that can provide patients and their physicians with individualized treatment options.

    Jun 25, 2019
  • Putting The Digital In Digital Health

    Diagnostics World News | Karl Poterack discusses the latest in digital biomarkers and digital health, and what needs to happen for wearable data to be useful in the clinic.

    Jun 21, 2019
  • The Quest For A PTSD Blood Test

    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
  • How Reimbursement Impacts Diagnostic Testing, Patients

    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
  • Navigating The Diagnostics Landscape For Humans And Animals

    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