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  • Pulmonary Hypertension: Impacts Beyond the Heart and Lungs

    Diagnostics World News | Development of next-generation drugs for treating systemic inflammation and cognitive impairment is ready to begin, backed by a study linking abnormalities in the cerebellum and frontal lobe regions of the brain in pulmonary hypertension patients to the same processes driving the disease in their lungs and heart.

    Nov 5, 2026

  • Normal Genomes Carry More “Pathogenic” Variation Than You’d Think

    Diagnostics World News | An analysis of more than 900,000 genomes sets a baseline for what a typical human genome contains, with implications for screening, VUS reporting, and polygenic scores.

    Nov 3, 2026

  • Tiny Health Raises $33M for Microbiome Testing, Sava Lands $36M for Glucose Monitor

    Diagnostics World | Zenflow closes $52M Series D to launch its BPH implant; Arboretum launches with $30M for clinical genetic testing in common diseases; and more.

    Oct 28, 2026

  • Labcorp Teams with Thrive Global, Brainomix Partners with Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Amprion Skin Test Separates MSA from Parkinson's

    Diagnostics World News | Mursla Bio publishes peer-reviewed validation of its liver-focused extracellular vesicle liquid biopsy platform; new products from GE HealthCare and Geneoscopy; and more.

    Oct 27, 2026

  • Building The Evidence For Alzheimer's Blood Tests In Primary Care

    Diagnostics World | New blood tests have the potential to transform how Alzheimer's disease is diagnosed. Yet, despite being approved in the US and more than 30 countries across Europe and Asia-Pacific, uptake in community practice remains limited. Bridging this gap requires robust clinical evidence demonstrating that these blood tests can be deployed safely and effectively in community care.

    Oct 20, 2026

  • Optimized Pulse Oximeter Reduces Bias in Blood Oxygen Readings

    Diagnostics World News | Melanin absorption has been a recognized if widely overlooked factor in pulse oximetry for decades, which can result in a measurement bias that overestimates oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones. A device under development in the Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab at Tufts University seeks to force attention to the issue while also adding a blood pressure monitoring feature.

    Oct 14, 2026

  • Optimized Pulse Oximeter Reduces Bias in Blood Oxygen Readings

    Diagnostics World News | Melanin absorption has been a recognized if widely overlooked factor in pulse oximetry for decades, which can result in a measurement bias that overestimates oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones. A device under development in the Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab at Tufts University seeks to force attention to the issue while also adding a blood pressure monitoring feature.

    Oct 14, 2026