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Promega introduces new serological antibody test for COVID-19

Promega Corporation today announced the launch of its new serological antibody test for COVID-19 to detect the presence of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

From Promega Corporation 13 Aug 2020

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

News-Medical spoke to Dr. Randall Bateman and Dr. Nicolas Barthélemy about their research on Alzheimer's disease, and their new diagnosis technique.

12 Aug 2020

NIH supports research on how pathogens evolve

For several years, physicist John Barton at the University of California, Riverside, has been working on developing models to understand and predict how pathogens, such as HIV, evolve. This research pursuit has just received support from the National Institutes of Health.

10 Aug 2020

Mass spectrometry shows potential for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection

A team from SPI in Marcoule detected by mass spectrometry, in 3 minutes and without specific reagents, signature peptides of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples. It thus provides a proof of concept of the use of this method as a possible alternative to PCR, currently the reference method.

10 Aug 2020

FDA approves first companion diagnostic that uses liquid biopsy and NGS technology

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first liquid biopsy companion diagnostic that also uses next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to identify patients with specific types of mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in a deadly form of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

7 Aug 2020

Vela Diagnostics' coronavirus PCR test receives Emergency Use Authorization from FDA

Vela Diagnostics announced that the manual version of its coronavirus PCR test has obtained Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

6 Aug 2020

Sanford Burnham Prebys receives NIH grant to identify new therapies for mental disorders

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify new therapies for mental health disorders.

6 Aug 2020

Fast, cheap and easy COVID-19 test from Yale

As a result, a new study by Yale University researchers and published on the preprint server medRxiv in August 2020 shows that a new saliva test named SalivaDirect simplifies the test approach, avoids invasive samples collection, and the need for trained personnel to collect specimens.

6 Aug 2020

Launching a rapid test for COVID-19

Professor Zhanfeng Cui from the University of Oxford speaks to News-Medical about his research into COVID-19, and how he developed a rapid COVID-19 test.

5 Aug 2020

Oxford Nanopore Technologies partners with UK Government to roll out LamPORE, a new generation of COVID-19 test

Oxford Nanopore today announces an agreement with the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, to roll out its novel LamPORE test.

From Oxford Nanopore Technologies 3 Aug 2020

NIH invests $248.7 million in new COVID-19 testing technologies to meet U.S. demand

The National Institutes of Health is investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address challenges associated with COVID-19 testing (which detects SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus).

31 Jul 2020

15 young scientists receive Damon Runyon Fellowship Award to pursue cancer research

Grants totaling nearly $3.5 million give early career investigators independence to pursue brave and bold cancer research.

31 Jul 2020

From swab to sequencing - scalable method for identifying SARS-CoV-2

A research group headed by Stanford University scientists has developed a scalable, high throughput method to generate high fidelity whole genome and HLA sequencing, viral genomes, and representation of human transcriptome from single nasopharyngeal swabs of coronavirus disease (COVID19) patients. Their results are published on the medRxiv preprint server.

30 Jul 2020

Novel drug candidate offers a major advance in the treatment for diabetes

The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Southern Research have discovered a new drug candidate that offers a major advance in the treatment for diabetes.

28 Jul 2020

TARA Biosystems and VantAI team up to accelerate drug development for cardiac disease

VantAI and TARA Biosystems today announced the launch of a biology-driven, AI-enabled collaboration for accelerated cardiac drug development.

28 Jul 2020

Simple urine test could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis

Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient's prognosis and reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures, a new multi-centre study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found.

23 Jul 2020

New technology could speed up drug discovery to fight tuberculosis

A new technology that combines high throughput imaging and machine learning could speed discovery of drugs to fight tuberculosis, which for generations has killed more people worldwide than any other disease caused by a single agent - 4,000 people every day.

23 Jul 2020

Analytik Jena Web Weeks – Analytik Jena launches new web seminar series for biomolecular applications, lab automation, and liquid handling

Analytik Jena is launching its brand new, English-language web seminar series “Analytik Jena Web Weeks” starting July 29, 2020. Until the end of the year, application specialists and product experts from Analytik Jena will present methods, technology solutions, and tips and tricks to make everyday laboratory work more efficient. Topics range from nucleic acid extraction, PCR, qPCR to liquid handling and laboratory automation.

From Analytik Jena 23 Jul 2020

Texas A&M researcher awarded $5 million CPRIT grant to further cancer studies

On May 20, Dr. Tanmay Lele, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, received a $5 million Recruitment of Established Investigators grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to further knowledge about cancer and how it progresses.

22 Jul 2020

Avacta provides update on clinical validation of Adeptrix COVID-19 diagnostic test

Avacta is pleased to announce that it has begun work with the UK government’s CONDOR program to evaluate and clinically validate the COVID-19 laboratory assay.

22 Jul 2020

High Throughput News and Research

Promega introduces new serological antibody test for COVID-19

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

NIH supports research on how pathogens evolve

Mass spectrometry shows potential for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection

FDA approves first companion diagnostic that uses liquid biopsy and NGS technology

Vela Diagnostics' coronavirus PCR test receives Emergency Use Authorization from FDA

Sanford Burnham Prebys receives NIH grant to identify new therapies for mental disorders

Fast, cheap and easy COVID-19 test from Yale

Launching a rapid test for COVID-19

Oxford Nanopore Technologies partners with UK Government to roll out LamPORE, a new generation of COVID-19 test

NIH invests $248.7 million in new COVID-19 testing technologies to meet U.S. demand

15 young scientists receive Damon Runyon Fellowship Award to pursue cancer research

From swab to sequencing - scalable method for identifying SARS-CoV-2

Novel drug candidate offers a major advance in the treatment for diabetes

TARA Biosystems and VantAI team up to accelerate drug development for cardiac disease

Simple urine test could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis

New technology could speed up drug discovery to fight tuberculosis

Analytik Jena Web Weeks – Analytik Jena launches new web seminar series for biomolecular applications, lab automation, and liquid handling

Texas A&M researcher awarded $5 million CPRIT grant to further cancer studies

Avacta provides update on clinical validation of Adeptrix COVID-19 diagnostic test

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