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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | With the risk of anti-microbial resistance ratcheting up news agendas across the globe, there’s a growing awareness among the general public that we’re rapidly reverting to a time when a simple cut could prove deadly.
Aug 29, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | Freenome announced that it has raised an additional $7 million as an extension to its previously announced Series A funding, bringing the total to nearly $72 million. Proceeds from the Series A funding are being used to accelerate clinical trials, expand research, and bring the company’s disease screening products to market.
Aug 28, 2017
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Medical News Today | A fast, simple blood test for ulcerative colitis using infrared spectroscopy could provide a cheaper, less invasive alternative for screening compared to colonoscopy, which is now the predominant test, according to a study between the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
Aug 28, 2017
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Diagnostics World In the second annual Pharmacy Student Point-of-Care Disease Management Competition, held last week at the Next Generation Dx Summit*, pharmacy student Jacob Duncan from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was awarded the grand prize for his assessment of a patient in a mock care situation.
Aug 25, 2017
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Diagnostics World | At the Next Generation Dx Summit last week, over 100 exhibitors and sponsors shared new technologies, research updates, and their visions for the future of diagnostics. Diagnostics World toured the expo floor, talking with speakers and tech experts, gathering more perspective for what’s need next in diagnostics.
Aug 24, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Some highlights from the session rooms at the 2017 Next Generation Diagnostic Summit, where over 1,000 diagnostics professionals converged to explore diagnostics technologies and challenges, including point-of-care diagnostics, clinical NGS, circulating tumor cells, biomarkers, coverage and reimbursement, and companion diagnostics.
Aug 23, 2017
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Diagnostics World | Last week at the Next Generation Dx Summit, a bevy of Washington experts weighed in on policy and predictions for diagnostics in a keynote panel. Many of the panel’s concerns were the same; then they mentioned laboratory-developed tests.
Aug 22, 2017
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BBC News | A safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome is to be introduced for pregnant mothers in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced. NIPT will be offered in 2018. The new blood test - while not offering a complete diagnosis - aims to better inform women of the risks of having a child with the genetic disorder.
Aug 21, 2017
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NPR.org | The Oregon Health & Science University have begun editing the DNA in human embryos to try to prevent genetic diseases, including in women undergoing in vitro fertilization.
Aug 18, 2017
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Diagnostics World | More than 1,000 international diagnostic professionals will be in attendance this week at the Next Generation Diagnostics Summit in Washington, D. C. The summit, taking place August 15-18, will cover diagnostics challenges, solutions, and advances. Here are just a few of the highlights of products and news that will be exhibited during #NGDx17.
Aug 15, 2017
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STAT | Genetic counseling by phone was as good as in-person consultation in a study that examined psychosocial outcomes for women at risk of hereditary cancers.
Aug 10, 2017
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Diagnostics World | The Blood Profiling Atlas in Cancer is heading up the effort to harness the collective expertise of roughly three dozen academic, government, biotechnology, diagnostic, and pharmaceutical entities with an eye on accelerating the development and approval of liquid biopsy diagnostics.
Aug 8, 2017
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Diagnostics World PerkinElmer announced the launch of PerkinElmer Genetics' clinical genomics services yesterday. Whole genome and whole exome sequencing will be offered through its laboratories in the U.S., India, and China.
Aug 4, 2017
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NPR.org |
Texas has one of the highest rates of TB among U.S. states. A sweeping effort is underway, largely funded by Medicaid, to diagnose and treat people who don't know they harbor the lung infection.
Aug 4, 2017
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Xconomy |
Some answers to questions about the risk of developing a disease or a bad reaction to a drug can be found by analyzing a patient's genes. In the not-too-distant future, such queries could be as easy as searching for and selecting a movie on Netflix, contends Rodrigo Martinez, chief marketing and design officer for Veritas Genetics.
Aug 3, 2017
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WIRED | Biotech investors are still stunned by the rise and fall of the one-drop blood testing startup. But they're hellbent on making sure they don’t all get burned again.
Aug 2, 2017
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Diagnostics World Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including CombiMatrix, HudsonAlpha, MDxHealth, and more.
Aug 2, 2017