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Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, shows study

Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

18 Feb 2022

Optical genome mapping holds potential to become an important component of leukemia diagnostics

Optical genome mapping involves the extraction of very long DNA molecules, for example routinely collected blood samples or bone marrow material from patients.

17 Feb 2022

Fortis Life Sciences Highlights First Year Success

Fortis Life Sciences, a strategic platform company providing capital, expertise, and operational resources to grow founder-led life science companies, today announced highlights from its first year of operations.

From Fortis Life Sciences 17 Feb 2022

Smartphone-based COVID-19 detection system

In this interview, we speak to Professor Michael Mahan about his latest research which aimed to bring low-cost, state-of-the-art diagnostics to resource-limited settings.

17 Feb 2022

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by plasmonic-magnetic nanorobots

Researchers present a simple and efficient plasmonic-magnetic nanorobot for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

16 Feb 2022

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 experience much higher mortality rates than Europeans or North Americans of the same age, according to a recently published study conducted by researchers from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN).

16 Feb 2022

INTEGRA offers tips and tricks to solve your pipetting challenges

INTEGRA Biosciences has created a series of videos to help life sciences researchers improve pipetting accuracy and precision.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 16 Feb 2022

Transformational $104 million gift will help VCU to expand treatment options for liver diseases

Virginia Commonwealth University will radically expand treatment options for liver and liver-related metabolic diseases thanks to a historic, transformational $104 million gift from Richard Todd Stravitz, M.D., and his family's Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation.

15 Feb 2022

OxDX raises £2.6M pre-seed funding to develop AI powered rapid diagnostic technology

OxDX has raised £2.6m in pre-seed funding for its AI powered diagnostic technology that can recognise and identify specific species and strains of viruses.

15 Feb 2022

Ketogenic diet could enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, study shows

A Ludwig Cancer Research preclinical study has demonstrated that a common weight-loss diet could enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

12 Feb 2022

Liver cirrhosis has higher hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates in Germany

In Germany, liver cirrhosis has the highest mortality rate of any chronic disease requiring hospital admission. When diagnosed as a comorbidity of other chronic diseases, liver cirrhosis at least doubles the mortality rate.

12 Feb 2022

New tools may better help in prevention of heart disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease

A new study reveals that certain changes to models that predict the risk of developing cardiovascular problems in the general population can help clinicians improve risk prediction in individuals with kidney disease.

11 Feb 2022

What are taxpayers spending for those ‘free’ covid tests? The government won’t say.

The four free covid-19 rapid tests President Joe Biden promised in December for every American household have begun arriving in earnest in mailboxes and on doorsteps.

11 Feb 2022

Showcasing STEM Women in Medical Science

Every year, the UN celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For 2022, the focus is placed on recognizing the role women and girls play in STEM as beneficiaries and as agents of change.

11 Feb 2022

Artificial intelligence uses facial features to better diagnose rare genetic diseases

Rare genetic diseases can sometimes be recognized through facial features, such as characteristically shaped brows, nose or cheeks.

10 Feb 2022

New rapid, cheaper test could help advance personalized cancer treatment

Using a routine blood sample, investigators have developed an extremely sensitive assay to detect and quantify DNA fragments containing rare genetic mutations in a patient's cancer cells.

10 Feb 2022

Omicron resists antibodies, causes less severe disease than previous SARS-CoV-2variants

In two recent studies, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found evidence that the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 causes less severe disease than previous variants — at least in rodents — but that many antibody-based therapies may not be effective against it.

10 Feb 2022

Persistent Ebola virus can hide in the brain and re-emerge to cause fatal disease

In a groundbreaking study published today, scientists describe how Ebola virus, which can persist in certain areas of the body, can re-emerge to cause fatal disease - even long after treatment with monoclonal antibodies.

9 Feb 2022

Expanded range of nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection

AMSBIO announce the addition of several new products to its growing range of magnetic bead based nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection.

From AMS Biotechnology 9 Feb 2022

UTSA awarded $6.8 million grant to establish a Coccidioidomycosis Collaborative Research Center

Mycology and immunology researchers from The University of Texas at San Antonio have been selected to receive a five-year, $6.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a San Antonio-based Coccidioidomycosis Collaborative Research Center (SA-CCRC) focused on developing therapeutics and vaccines against coccidioidomycosis.

8 Feb 2022

Diagnostics News and Research

Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, shows study

Optical genome mapping holds potential to become an important component of leukemia diagnostics

Fortis Life Sciences Highlights First Year Success

Smartphone-based COVID-19 detection system

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by plasmonic-magnetic nanorobots

Study finds higher mortality rates among African children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19

INTEGRA offers tips and tricks to solve your pipetting challenges

Transformational $104 million gift will help VCU to expand treatment options for liver diseases

OxDX raises £2.6M pre-seed funding to develop AI powered rapid diagnostic technology

Ketogenic diet could enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, study shows

Liver cirrhosis has higher hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates in Germany

New tools may better help in prevention of heart disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease

What are taxpayers spending for those ‘free’ covid tests? The government won’t say.

Showcasing STEM Women in Medical Science

Artificial intelligence uses facial features to better diagnose rare genetic diseases

New rapid, cheaper test could help advance personalized cancer treatment

Omicron resists antibodies, causes less severe disease than previous SARS-CoV-2variants

Persistent Ebola virus can hide in the brain and re-emerge to cause fatal disease

Expanded range of nucleic acid extraction kits for pathogens detection

UTSA awarded $6.8 million grant to establish a Coccidioidomycosis Collaborative Research Center

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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