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Researchers develop new technology to reduce high error rates in gene sequencing

Next-generation gene sequencing (NGS) technologies --in which millions of DNA molecules are simultaneously but individually analyzed-- theoretically provides researchers and clinicians the ability to noninvasively identify mutations in the blood stream.

4 May 2021

Wyss Institute licenses nasal swab collection technology to Massachusetts-based startup

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Massachusetts-based startup Rhinostics announced today that the University's sample collection swab and high-throughput automation technologies have been licensed to Rhinostics.

4 May 2021

ATS publishes new clinical practice guideline on community-acquired pneumonia

In its latest clinical practice guideline on community-acquired pneumonia the American Thoracic Society's guidelines panel addresses the use of nucleic acid-based testing for non-influenza viral pathogens.

4 May 2021

Social cognition may exert a central role in the daily lives of MS patients

An international team of multiple sclerosis (MS) researchers showed that longitudinal changes in social cognition are associated with psychological outcomes of daily living, suggesting that social cognition may exert a central role in people with MS.

3 May 2021

Comprehensive "cell atlas" shows how COVID-19 can lead to organ failure and death

Scientists from several hospitals and research centers have shown what happens in individual cells of patients who died of COVID-19. In a study published in Nature, the researchers describe how infected cells from multiple organs exhibited a range of molecular and genomic changes.

3 May 2021

Novel method provides faster and more precise diagnostics in histopathology

Histology is the study of biological tissues at a microscopic level. Also called microscopic anatomy, histology is widely used to provide diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.

30 Apr 2021

Scientists develop an ultrasonic imaging system to visualize cell abnormalities in 3D

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fiber, and will be insertable into the human body to visualize cell abnormalities in 3D.

30 Apr 2021

Applications of nanoparticles in combating COVID-19

Researchers review the various properties and use of nanoparticles in targeting SARS-CoV-2 and how they could be used to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2.

30 Apr 2021

Researchers develop novel algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oulu in collaboration with an international team have created a new diagnostic biomarker-based algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia.

30 Apr 2021

ProductLife Group Enters US Market with Acquisition of Leading Regulatory Drug Development Consultancy DS InPharmatics (DSI)

ProductLife Group (PLG) has taken the next step in its evolution as a global leader in end-to-end regulatory compliance services.

From DSI, a PLG Company 30 Apr 2021

In poisoned Montana town, Warren Buffett-owned railroad accuses clinic of Medicare fraud

Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that's polluted the small town of Libby, Montana, for decades.

29 Apr 2021

Pancreatic cancer cells de-differentiate to spawn highly aggressive tumors, study shows

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which cancer cells of a relatively benign subtype of pancreatic tumors methodically revert-or "de-differentiate"-to a progenitor, or immature, state of cellular development to spawn highly aggressive tumors that are capable of metastasis to the liver and lymph nodes.

29 Apr 2021

New collaboration to study early detection of developmental differences in children

The University of Washington's School of Medicine Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine is collaborating with Illumina, Inc. and GeneDx, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company, to study early detection of developmental differences in children.

29 Apr 2021

Can a gaze measurement app help spot potential signs of autism in toddlers?

Researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA, used computational methods based on computer vision analysis and a smartphone or tablet to help detect early signs of ASD in toddlers.

28 Apr 2021

Novel platform has potential to detect many disease-related biomarkers in just one test

Most conventional molecular diagnostics usually detect only a single disease-related biomarker. Great examples are the PCR tests currently used to diagnose COVID-19 by detecting a specific sequence from SARS-CoV-2.

28 Apr 2021

ANTICOV clinical trial to test new treatment for people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in Africa

The ANTICOV clinical trial, conducted in 13 African countries, has started the recruitment of participants to test a new drug combination, nitazoxanide + ciclesonide, to treat people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 before their cases become severe.

27 Apr 2021

Placental-derived stem cell therapy shows promise to heal intestinal disease in premature babies

An intestinal bowel disease that affects up to 10 percent of premature infants at a very vulnerable and developmentally crucial time can lead to serious infection and death.

27 Apr 2021

New AI-driven diagnostics technique could transform treatment for bowel cancer

A test which uses artificial intelligence to measure proteins present in some patients with advanced bowel cancer could hold the key to more targeted treatment, according to research published today.

27 Apr 2021

A new roadmap for advancing TBI care

Brain research and advocacy nonprofit Cohen Veterans Bioscience (CVB) today announced the launch of a National TBI Precision Solutions Research Roadmap, with the advent of the first in a series of publications resulting from its Brain Trauma Blueprint framework program.

26 Apr 2021

Researchers identify genetic abnormalities that drive invasiveness in head and neck cancer

A multi-institutional team of researchers has identified both the genetic abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells into becoming an invasive type of head and neck cancer and patients who are least likely to respond to immunotherapy.

26 Apr 2021

Diagnostics News and Research

Researchers develop new technology to reduce high error rates in gene sequencing

Wyss Institute licenses nasal swab collection technology to Massachusetts-based startup

ATS publishes new clinical practice guideline on community-acquired pneumonia

Social cognition may exert a central role in the daily lives of MS patients

Comprehensive "cell atlas" shows how COVID-19 can lead to organ failure and death

Novel method provides faster and more precise diagnostics in histopathology

Scientists develop an ultrasonic imaging system to visualize cell abnormalities in 3D

Applications of nanoparticles in combating COVID-19

Researchers develop novel algorithm for the diagnostics of dementia

ProductLife Group Enters US Market with Acquisition of Leading Regulatory Drug Development Consultancy DS InPharmatics (DSI)

In poisoned Montana town, Warren Buffett-owned railroad accuses clinic of Medicare fraud

Pancreatic cancer cells de-differentiate to spawn highly aggressive tumors, study shows

New collaboration to study early detection of developmental differences in children

Can a gaze measurement app help spot potential signs of autism in toddlers?

Novel platform has potential to detect many disease-related biomarkers in just one test

ANTICOV clinical trial to test new treatment for people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in Africa

Placental-derived stem cell therapy shows promise to heal intestinal disease in premature babies

New AI-driven diagnostics technique could transform treatment for bowel cancer

A new roadmap for advancing TBI care

Researchers identify genetic abnormalities that drive invasiveness in head and neck cancer

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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