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Research: Two out of three at-home ovulation tests do not provide accurate results

Research announced today at the 70th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo reveals that two out of three of the digital home ovulation tests sold by U.S. retailers do not accurately predict when a woman is ovulating.

31 Jul 2018

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics receives FDA approval for two hepatitis B assays

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Ortho's VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products HBeAg Assay and the VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-HBe Assay for use on Ortho's VITROS 3600 Immunodiagnostic System and Ortho's VITROS 5600 Integrated System.

31 Jul 2018

EKF Diagnostics to showcase new Stanbio GA assay kit at AACC 2018

EKF, announces it will highlight a new Stanbio Chemistry Glycated Albumin assay kit and its newly FDA cleared DiaSpect Tm hemoglobin point of care analyzer.

From EKF Diagnostics 31 Jul 2018

Researchers develop new online tool to more accurately predict heart attack, stroke risk

A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a new online tool to more accurately predict who among those ages 40-65 is at the highest risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years.

31 Jul 2018

New 'lab on a chip' holds potential to detect very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria

A new type of "lab on a chip" developed by McGill University scientists has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just minutes.

31 Jul 2018

Beckman Coulter offers largest range of single color CE-IVD and ASR conjugated antibodies

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences now offers its largest portfolio of single color CE-IVD and ASR (analyte-specific reagent) conjugated antibodies.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Jul 2018

Beckman Coulter launches DURA Innovations global flow cytometry business tools

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences expands services by placing DURA Innovations dry reagent solutions at the heart of enhanced external business resources for lab.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Jul 2018

Beckman Coulter introduces expanded range of clinical flow cytometry solutions at AACC 2018

Beckman Coulter continues to expand portfolio of clinical flow cytometry solutions with its latest innovations.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 30 Jul 2018

Alcala Labs to use Neoteryx’s VAMS technology for monitoring patients in recovery centers

Today, Neoteryx LLC, announced that it will supply its Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling technology, in the form of the Mitra microsampling device, to Alcala Labs of San Diego for a more efficacious, streamlined approach to monitor patients in recovery centers throughout the United States.

28 Jul 2018

New UCI center seeks to empower patients, providers through use of AI in healthcare

Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine, which seeks to advance patient care, improve health outcomes and lower costs by leveraging machine learning technology in all areas of healthcare.

27 Jul 2018

Festo launches next-generation liquid handling/modular dosing system

Festo introduces its next-generation liquid handling/modular dosing system developed to simplify automating applications for in-vitro diagnostics, cell and genome research, and sample inspection.

27 Jul 2018

Duke engineers develop new technique to manipulate, split and mix droplets of biological fluids

Engineers at Duke University have developed a way to manipulate, split and mix droplets of biological fluids by having them surf on acoustic waves in oil.

26 Jul 2018

SUSU researchers reveal possibility of using human hair for early diagnostics of diseases

It is an often case that one's health and life depend on as quick a disease is found. That is why today the ways of quick and effective revealing of a disease is one of the most important directions in medicine.

26 Jul 2018

NIH officials highlight growing threat of tickborne diseases

The incidence of tickborne infections in the United States has risen significantly within the past decade. It is imperative, therefore, that public health officials and scientists build a robust understanding of pathogenesis, design improved diagnostics, and develop preventive vaccines, according to a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine from leading scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health

26 Jul 2018

Artwork could be a low-cost way to improve patients' perceptions of hospital experience

Patients' perceptions of the hospital they're being treated in may be improved by the type of artwork hanging in hospital rooms, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

25 Jul 2018

Co-Diagnostics obtains CE mark approval for Logix Smart MTB Test

Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, proprietary platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, announced today that its Logix Smart™ MTB Test has obtained CE mark approval, the principle regulatory clearance allowing the test to be sold as an in vitro diagnostic for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in European Union states and other markets that accept a CE-IVD mark as valid regulatory approval.

25 Jul 2018

Study: Blood test can predict response of advanced prostate cancer patients to treatments

An international collaborative study between Lawson Health Research Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Royal Marsden and Epic Sciences is one of the first to demonstrate that a blood test can predict how patients with advanced prostate cancer will respond to specific treatments, leading to improved survival.

25 Jul 2018

Diagnostics News and Research

Research: Two out of three at-home ovulation tests do not provide accurate results

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics receives FDA approval for two hepatitis B assays

EKF Diagnostics to showcase new Stanbio GA assay kit at AACC 2018

Researchers develop new online tool to more accurately predict heart attack, stroke risk

New 'lab on a chip' holds potential to detect very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria

Beckman Coulter offers largest range of single color CE-IVD and ASR conjugated antibodies

Beckman Coulter launches DURA Innovations global flow cytometry business tools

Beckman Coulter introduces expanded range of clinical flow cytometry solutions at AACC 2018

Alcala Labs to use Neoteryx’s VAMS technology for monitoring patients in recovery centers

New UCI center seeks to empower patients, providers through use of AI in healthcare

Festo launches next-generation liquid handling/modular dosing system

Duke engineers develop new technique to manipulate, split and mix droplets of biological fluids

SUSU researchers reveal possibility of using human hair for early diagnostics of diseases

NIH officials highlight growing threat of tickborne diseases

Artwork could be a low-cost way to improve patients' perceptions of hospital experience

Co-Diagnostics obtains CE mark approval for Logix Smart MTB Test

Study: Blood test can predict response of advanced prostate cancer patients to treatments

Novel method for rapid, reliable HIV testing

EPFL scientists develop new optical nanotube sensors using synthetic biology

Roche receives Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA for new Alzheimer's disease assays

Industry Focus eBook - Biotechnology (4th edition) eBook

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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