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Diagnostics World | Less than three years after leaving the Medical College of Wisconsin for the HudsonAlpha Institute in Huntsville, Alabama, Howard Jacob is starting today as the Vice President of the Genomic Research Center at AbbVie.
Jan 16, 2018
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Diagnostics World | The 36th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference was held this week in San Francisco, bringing together more than 400 companies to showcase their growth and innovation. Here are some of the highlights and announcements we’ve collected from the conference.
Jan 12, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | Myriad Genetics today announced that the FDA approved BRACAnalysis CDx for use as a companion diagnostic by healthcare professionals to identify patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who have a germline BRCA mutation and are candidates for treatment with the PARP inhibitor Lynparza.
Jan 12, 2018
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Diagnostics World News Brief 10x Genomics and Berry Genomics announced a collaboration today to further develop approaches for next generation noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). The parties will collaborate to enable a new service offering for Berry Genomics.
Jan 8, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | Dana-Farber researchers say discovery may help identify kidney cancer and melanoma patients that will benefit from checkpoint inhibitor treatment.
Jan 5, 2018
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Diagnostics World Brief | Illumina and KingMed Diagnostics today announced an agreement to jointly develop novel oncology and hereditary disease testing applications utilizing Illumina's next-generation sequencing technology.
Jan 4, 2018
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MobiHealth | Citing anonymous sources within Apple, reports in Bloomberg and the New York Times over the past weeks continue to add to the pile of leaks and rumors about two of Apple's currently under-development health devices: a wrist-worn glucose sensor and an EKG built into the Apple Watch.
Jan 3, 2018
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Diagnostics World | December featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Quanterix, Mobidiag, WuXi NextCODE, and more.
Jan 3, 2018
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STAT | Widespread screening for "scrutiny-dependent" cancers is misleading doctors and the public about what increases our risk of developing cancer.
Jan 2, 2018
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Diagnostics World | As we head into 2018, 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 2017.
Dec 27, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Foundation Medicine’s FoundationOne CDx test recently became the second NGS-based IVD to be approved and covered after overlapping review by the FDA and CMS under the Parallel Review Program, which facilitates earlier access to innovative medical technologies for Medicare beneficiaries.
Dec 21, 2017
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Diagnostics World | A look back at the conferences held by Cambridge Healthtech Institute, covering a wide range of content that focused on delivering insights on the tools, innovations, and breakthroughs that are emerging from the expanding field of diagnostics.
Dec 19, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Foldit is an online puzzle video game designed to fold the structures of selected proteins as perfectly as possible. Recently, the developers of the game have been partnering with companies and institutions, including Mars Incorporated and Thermo Fisher Scientific, to help target the issue of carcinogens in food.
Dec 13, 2017
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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Lateral flow immunoassays are simple yet powerful diagnostic tools, offering user-friendly, reliable, and low-cost testing. The goal now is to make the technology increase in signal intensity to produce less ambiguous results.
Dec 12, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | Sarah Cannon announced that several of its affiliated programs will participate in a new study, called STRIVE, which focuses on developing a test for early breast cancer detection.
Dec 8, 2017