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UW receives $10 million to develop paper-based pathogen identification test

The University of Washington has received nearly $10 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue a project aimed at building a small, paper-based device that could test for infectious diseases on-demand in areas where diagnostic capabilities are limited.

26 Jun 2013

BioFire Diagnostics' FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Panel receives FDA clearance

BioFire Diagnostics, Inc., announced today the FDA clearance of its FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Panel. To date, the 27-target panel is the most comprehensive test to be approved by the FDA.

26 Jun 2013

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Newman-Lakka Institute collaborate to develop new diagnostic approaches for personalized cancer treatment

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and the Newman-Lakka Institute for Personalized Cancer Care at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, announced an intended collaboration for research and development of new methods to detect and track circulating biomarkers in blood.

25 Jun 2013

TGen, Ventana sign research agreement to develop diagnostic markers for cancer

The Translational Genomics Research Institute and Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, today announced a collaborative research agreement to discover and develop diagnostic markers for treating cancer.

25 Jun 2013

Rural women with breast cancer less likely to receive radiation therapy after lumpectomy

Rural women with breast cancer are less likely than their urban counterparts to receive recommended radiation therapy after having a lumpectomy, a breast-sparing surgery that removes only tumors and surrounding tissue, a study by Mayo Clinic and others found.

25 Jun 2013

Somerset Medical Center to merge with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Somerset Medical Center's Board of Trustees announced today that the medical center will pursue a merger with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

21 Jun 2013

Researchers find elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism

Researchers have found elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism in comparison to those without autism. The results also indicated an association between the elevated antibodies and the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms in the affected children.

21 Jun 2013

Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II assay receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a test that identifies the genotype of hepatitis C virus that a patient is carrying. The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II, which can differentiate genotypes 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, and 5,using a sample of an infected patient's blood plasma or serum, will aid health care professionals in determining the appropriate approach to treatment.

21 Jun 2013

Banyan Biomarkers completes $6 million series A funding for further biomarker research

Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. today announced that it has completed a $6 million series A funding from private investors for further biomarker research and continued development of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) diagnostic test. Currently, the company is enrolling subjects in a 2,000 patient pivotal clinical trial funded by a $26.3 million contract with the United States Department of Defense.

20 Jun 2013

LDL cholesterol blood levels: an interview with Dr. Harvey Kaufman

What is LDL cholesterol? What blood level of LDL cholesterol is considered optimal and why are high levels of LDL cholesterol a key marker of death risk from heart disease? Dr. Harvey Kaufman, senior medical director of Quest Diagnostics gives us some answers.

From Quest Diagnostics 19 Jun 2013

Study describes molecular bases of resistance to new chemotherapeutic agent in familial breast and ovarian cancers

It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of breast and ovarian cancers are familial in origin, which is to say that these tumours are attributable to inherited mutations from the parents in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2.

19 Jun 2013

Psychologists must be educated to treat sexual minority youth

President Obama officially declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. However, despite advances in civil rights, sexual minority youth are still at greater risk for suicide than their heterosexual peers, according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.

19 Jun 2013

Risk assessment scoring system may help identify adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Researchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults-- especially African Americans-- at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome.

19 Jun 2013

Endosonographic aspiration procedures result in greater diagnostic yield in treating pulmonary sarcoidosis

Among patients with suspected stage I/II pulmonary sarcoidosis who were undergoing confirmation of the condition via tissue sampling, the use of the procedure known as endosonographic nodal aspiration compared with bronchoscopic biopsy, the current diagnostic standard, resulted in greater diagnostic yield, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.

19 Jun 2013

Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known. In a more immediate sense, smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for many surgical procedures.

19 Jun 2013

Combination of two proteins released after head injury might be best way to diagnose MTBI

Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United States. The University of Rochester Medical Center just added significant evidence by reporting in the Journal of Neurotrauma that it might be clinically useful to measure two brain biomarkers instead of one.

19 Jun 2013

MRI screening of aortic atherosclerosis can predict risk of heart attacks and other CVDs

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of aortic atherosclerosis can predict the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy individuals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

19 Jun 2013

Mendor's groundbreaking diabetes management platform receives CE mark

Finnish diabetes technology company Mendor announces today the CE mark for its groundbreaking diabetes management platform, Mendor Balance. This cloud-based platform seeks to introduce significant benefits to all the key stakeholders: patients, health care professionals, payers and the pharma industry.

18 Jun 2013

IDC announces recipients of HPC Innovation Excellence Award at ISC'13

International Data Corporation today announced the fifth round of recipients of the HPC Innovation Excellence Award at the ISC'13 supercomputer industry conference in Leipzig, Germany. Prior winners were announced at the ISC'11, SC'11, ISC'12, and SC'12 supercomputing conferences.

18 Jun 2013

Researchers identify new virus in patients with severe brain infections

Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.

18 Jun 2013

Diagnostic News and Research

UW receives $10 million to develop paper-based pathogen identification test

BioFire Diagnostics' FilmArray Blood Culture Identification Panel receives FDA clearance

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Newman-Lakka Institute collaborate to develop new diagnostic approaches for personalized cancer treatment

TGen, Ventana sign research agreement to develop diagnostic markers for cancer

Rural women with breast cancer less likely to receive radiation therapy after lumpectomy

Somerset Medical Center to merge with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Researchers find elevated antibodies to gluten proteins of wheat in children with autism

Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II assay receives FDA approval

Banyan Biomarkers completes $6 million series A funding for further biomarker research

LDL cholesterol blood levels: an interview with Dr. Harvey Kaufman

Study describes molecular bases of resistance to new chemotherapeutic agent in familial breast and ovarian cancers

Psychologists must be educated to treat sexual minority youth

Risk assessment scoring system may help identify adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Endosonographic aspiration procedures result in greater diagnostic yield in treating pulmonary sarcoidosis

Smoking before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for neurosurgical procedures

Combination of two proteins released after head injury might be best way to diagnose MTBI

MRI screening of aortic atherosclerosis can predict risk of heart attacks and other CVDs

Mendor's groundbreaking diabetes management platform receives CE mark

IDC announces recipients of HPC Innovation Excellence Award at ISC'13

Researchers identify new virus in patients with severe brain infections

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