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Researchers aiming to improve accuracy of current diagnostics for Leishmania infantum kinetoplast

In an article published in Small, researchers successfully applied a new qualitative and quantitative method for the detection of a DNA sequence characteristic of Leishmania infantum kinetoplast, a frequent parasite in veterinary that affects humans too.

26 Nov 2015

SkylineDx's MMprofiler receives CE-IVD certification

SkylineDx, today announced they have received CE-IVD registration from the European Competent Authority (Ministry of Health) for the MMprofiler, the company's prognostic test to determine the level of risk of a patient with multiple myeloma (MM).

25 Nov 2015

BioLight signs joint financing agreement with two Asia-based venture capital firms

BioLight Life Sciences Investments, a company focused primarily on the discovery, development and commercialization of breakthrough ophthalmic diagnostics and therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into a joint financing agreement (the "Agreement") with two Asia-based venture capital firms (the "New Investors"), pursuant to which BioLight and the New Investors will make a direct equity investment in BioLight's IOPtima Ltd. subsidiary via a private placement.

25 Nov 2015

First seasonal influenza vaccine containing adjuvant now approved by FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fluad, the first seasonal influenza vaccine containing an adjuvant. Fluad, a trivalent vaccine produced from three influenza virus strains (two subtype A and one type B), is approved for the prevention of seasonal influenza in people 65 years of age and older.

25 Nov 2015

Sound Physicians agrees to provide hospitalist services for Mount Vernon's Skagit Valley Hospital

Sound Physicians, a health care organization focused on improving quality and lowering cost throughout the acute episode of care, announced today an agreement to provide hospitalist services for Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA.

24 Nov 2015

Liver's cannabinoid receptors could be targeted to combat liver cancer in some patients

A new study reveals that the liver's cannabinoid receptors could be targeted to fight liver cancer in some patients; and it offers a way to predict what treatments have the best chance of working.

23 Nov 2015

New research project aims at improving companion diagnostics and therapy of tumor diseases

An international team from four EU countries plans to use an innovative concept to improve the use of companion diagnostics in disease and develop new approaches to therapy in the long term. The idea is to combine the use of nanomedicines and short half-life radionuclides for imaging purposes in the living organism.

22 Nov 2015

Roche introduces new cobas t 411 analyzer for coagulation testing

Roche announced today that its new lab-coagulation solution, the cobas t 411 analyzer, is now available for countries accepting the CE Mark.

21 Nov 2015

New data shows ALS-008176 drug safe and effective against RSV infection

Alios BioPharma, Inc., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies announced that the New England Journal of Medicine will publish findings from a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) challenge study for ALS-008176, a cytidine nucleoside analog with activity against RSV.

20 Nov 2015

VolitionRx's NuQ blood tests accurately detect more than 90% of lung cancer cases

VolitionRx Limited today announced interim data demonstrating its NuQ blood tests have accurately detected more than 90% of lung cancer cases in a study of 73 patients.

19 Nov 2015

Georgia State University researchers develop a method to better trace and treat cancer

A method to better trace changes in cancers and treatment of the prostate and lung without the limitations associated with radiation has been developed by Georgia State University researchers.

18 Nov 2015

Johns Hopkins scientists use gene-based tests to distinguish precancerous cysts from harmless cysts

In a "look-back" analysis of data stored on 130 patients with pancreatic cysts, scientists at Johns Hopkins have used gene-based tests and a fixed set of clinical criteria to more accurately distinguish precancerous cysts from those less likely to do harm. The findings may eventually help some patients in real time safely avoid surgery to remove harmless cysts.

18 Nov 2015

Simple microRNA sensor holds promise for prognosis, treatment of pancreatic and other cancers

A simple, ultrasensitive microRNA sensor developed and tested by researchers from the schools of science and medicine at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center holds promise for the design of new diagnostic strategies and, potentially, for the prognosis and treatment of pancreatic and other cancers.

18 Nov 2015

MIPT researchers patent graphene biosensors that may accelerate development of novel drugs

The US Patent Office has recently published the patent application (no. US 2015/0301039), which was filed by the MIPT in May this year and is titled Biological Sensor and a Method of the Production of Biological Sensor. In Russia, this development is already protected by the patent No. 2527699 with a priority date of February 20, 2013. The key feature of the sensor is the use of a linking layer for biomolecule immobilization comprising a thin film of graphene or graphene oxide.

17 Nov 2015

FDA grants accelerated approval for Tagrisso to treat patients with advanced NSCLC

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval for an oral medication to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Tagrisso (osimertinib) is now approved for patients whose tumors have a specific epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation (T790M) and whose disease has gotten worse after treatment with other EGFR-blocking therapy.

14 Nov 2015

First hospital installs Ortho Vision Analyzer

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics today announced that Terre Haute Regional Hospital is the first U.S. medical center to install the ORTHO VISIONTM Analyzer, a highly interactive, fully automated analyzer for transfusion medicine laboratories.

13 Nov 2015

TGen: PPF drug could help treat patients with deadly brain cancer

In a significant breakthrough, the Translational Genomics Research Institute has identified a drug, propentofylline or PPF, that could help treat patients with deadly brain cancer.

13 Nov 2015

New antenna-like device makes breast cancer surgery easier for surgeons

Breast cancer surgeons routinely face a dilemma: how to find tumors they cannot feel. Before going into the operating room they must use some method to locate them. Currently, the method they use requires a radiologist to insert a device into the woman's breast.

12 Nov 2015

FEC recognizes Rachel S. Weinerman for receiving 2015 Scientific Program Prize Paper Award

The Foundation for Embryonic Competence is pleased to recognize Dr. Rachel S. Weinerman, a clinical assistant professor, reproductive endocrinology and infertility at University Hospitals Case Medical in Cleveland, for receiving the 2015 Scientific Program Prize Paper Award at the 71st Annual American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Baltimore, Maryland on October 21, 2015.

12 Nov 2015

Sphere Medical to exhibit new patient dedicated blood gas analyser at Lage Landen Congres

Sphere Medical, innovator in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, will be exhibiting its novel patient dedicated blood gas analyser at Lage Landen Congres – centred on critical and intensive care – in Ghent, Belgium, Friday 13th November.

12 Nov 2015

Diagnostics News and Research

Researchers aiming to improve accuracy of current diagnostics for Leishmania infantum kinetoplast

SkylineDx's MMprofiler receives CE-IVD certification

BioLight signs joint financing agreement with two Asia-based venture capital firms

First seasonal influenza vaccine containing adjuvant now approved by FDA

Sound Physicians agrees to provide hospitalist services for Mount Vernon's Skagit Valley Hospital

Liver's cannabinoid receptors could be targeted to combat liver cancer in some patients

New research project aims at improving companion diagnostics and therapy of tumor diseases

Roche introduces new cobas t 411 analyzer for coagulation testing

New data shows ALS-008176 drug safe and effective against RSV infection

VolitionRx's NuQ blood tests accurately detect more than 90% of lung cancer cases

Georgia State University researchers develop a method to better trace and treat cancer

Johns Hopkins scientists use gene-based tests to distinguish precancerous cysts from harmless cysts

Simple microRNA sensor holds promise for prognosis, treatment of pancreatic and other cancers

MIPT researchers patent graphene biosensors that may accelerate development of novel drugs

FDA grants accelerated approval for Tagrisso to treat patients with advanced NSCLC

First hospital installs Ortho Vision Analyzer

TGen: PPF drug could help treat patients with deadly brain cancer

New antenna-like device makes breast cancer surgery easier for surgeons

FEC recognizes Rachel S. Weinerman for receiving 2015 Scientific Program Prize Paper Award

Sphere Medical to exhibit new patient dedicated blood gas analyser at Lage Landen Congres

Event guide: 16th Clinical Biomarkers & CDx Summit Europe 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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