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Statistical genetic analysis can detect aggressiveness of lymphoma

Each year, more than one thousand Norwegians develop lymphoma. A statistical genetic analysis can detect when the disease will be aggressive. Thereby, treatment can be initiated in time.

25 Aug 2014

ESAOTE launches MyLab™Six at European Society of Cardiology 2014

Esaote, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical diagnostic systems, is launching MyLab™Six, a fast, accurate and highly flexible enhanced ultrasound system at ESC (European Society of Cardiology, Barcelona, 30th August - 3rd September). Configured for an extensive range of applications, MyLab™Six delivers a premium quality, yet affordable, solution for shared ultrasound services across any busy clinical setting.

24 Aug 2014

Study finds a host of new clues on gene-environment interactions in Crohn's disease

A new study finds a wide range of epigenetic changes-alterations in DNA across the genome that may be related to key environmental exposures-in children with Crohn's disease (CD), reports Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, official journal of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

23 Aug 2014

SeraCare Life Sciences announces launch of new ACCURUN 501 C. difficile Control

SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high-quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, today announced the launch of its new ACCURUN 501 C. difficile Control – the company's first molecular control product targeting hospital acquired infections.

23 Aug 2014

Memorial Hermann, MD Anderson partner to provide breast screening services in greater Houston area

Memorial Hermann Health System and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a new partnership to provide a new level of specialized breast screening at a network of community breast care centers in the greater Houston area.

22 Aug 2014

Novel "man and machine" decision support system for diagnosing malaria infection

A Finnish-Swedish research group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, and Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, has developed a novel "man and machine" decision support system for diagnosing malaria infection.

22 Aug 2014

Ohio State, Nationwide Children's Hospital partner with ENTvantage for diagnosing bacterial sinusitis

The Ohio State University, through the Ohio State Innovation Foundation, and Nationwide Children's Hospital announced the signing of an exclusive, world-wide agreement with ENTvantage Diagnostics Inc. licensing a technology for rapid diagnosing of bacterial sinusitis.

22 Aug 2014

DNA testing for congenital cataracts can accurately diagnose diseases linked to childhood blindness

Researchers in the United Kingdom have demonstrated that advanced DNA testing for congenital cataracts can quickly and accurately diagnose a number of rare diseases marked by childhood blindness, according to a study published online today in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

22 Aug 2014

Memorial Hermann partners with MD Anderson to provide new level of specialized breast screening

22 Aug 2014

Study identifies protein that appears to play key role in protecting people infected with tuberculosis

UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the bacterium that causes tuberculosis — from developing the active form of the disease.

21 Aug 2014

Deep sequencing technique opens up new possibilities for finding genetic causes for brain disorder

Not every cell in the body is the same genetically, and disease-causing mutations don't necessarily affect every cell—making these mutations easy to miss even with next-generation genomic sequencing.

21 Aug 2014

Using a nanotech microchip to diagnose type 1 diabetes: an interview with Dr. Brian Feldman, Stanford School of Medicine

The most common form of diabetes is sometimes referred to as metabolic diabetes, which is the diabetes most people are very familiar with, type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes is most prevalent in people that are overweight or obese. Historically, it has been confined to adults or older patients but it has been on the rise as the global obesity problem has continued to worsen.

20 Aug 2014

Trovagene announces results from clinical studies on urine-based diagnostic test for detection of HPV

Trovagene, Inc., a developer of cell-free molecular diagnostics, announced today that results from two clinical studies will be presented at the 29th International Papillomavirus conference for the Company's urine-based diagnostic test for the detection of high risk strains of Human Papillomavirus.

20 Aug 2014

Rheumatologic diseases can initially present as neurological disorders, delay diagnosis for many months

Lupus and other rheumatologic diseases can initially present as neurological disorders such as headaches and seizures, and thus delay diagnosis for many months, according to Loyola University Medical Center neurologists.

19 Aug 2014

Finding suggests that aspirin could play role in reducing breast cancer mortality

Researchers have discovered that women who had been prescribed aspirin regularly before being diagnosed with breast cancer are less likely to have cancer that spread to the lymph-nodes than women who were not on prescription aspirin. These women are also less likely to die from their breast cancer.

15 Aug 2014

Reclassification of PTSD diagnosis potentially excludes soldiers diagnosed under previous criteria

A new head-to-head comparison of screening questionnaires for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, shows a worrying discordance between the previous version of the PTSD definition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—fourth edition (DSM-IV) and DSM-5, released in 2013.

14 Aug 2014

Diagnostic News and Research

Statistical genetic analysis can detect aggressiveness of lymphoma

ESAOTE launches MyLab™Six at European Society of Cardiology 2014

Study finds a host of new clues on gene-environment interactions in Crohn's disease

SeraCare Life Sciences announces launch of new ACCURUN 501 C. difficile Control

Memorial Hermann, MD Anderson partner to provide breast screening services in greater Houston area

Novel "man and machine" decision support system for diagnosing malaria infection

Ohio State, Nationwide Children's Hospital partner with ENTvantage for diagnosing bacterial sinusitis

DNA testing for congenital cataracts can accurately diagnose diseases linked to childhood blindness

Memorial Hermann partners with MD Anderson to provide new level of specialized breast screening

Study identifies protein that appears to play key role in protecting people infected with tuberculosis

Deep sequencing technique opens up new possibilities for finding genetic causes for brain disorder

Using a nanotech microchip to diagnose type 1 diabetes: an interview with Dr. Brian Feldman, Stanford School of Medicine

Trovagene announces results from clinical studies on urine-based diagnostic test for detection of HPV

Rheumatologic diseases can initially present as neurological disorders, delay diagnosis for many months

Finding suggests that aspirin could play role in reducing breast cancer mortality

Reclassification of PTSD diagnosis potentially excludes soldiers diagnosed under previous criteria

Transmission risk of Ebola virus disease during air travel remains low: WHO

Speckle tracking data shows promise in right ventricular assessment

Mortality predictors REVEALed for PAH in systemic sclerosis

University of California launches 14 commercial startups in a year

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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