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Diagnostics World News | IL-6 emerges as a promising biomarker, new antibody tests, and Monell Chemical Sciences Center reports loss of smell more prevalent than thought. Plus: new tests from Oxford Nanopore, Genalyte and optical technologies detect the virus.
Oct 23, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Surging use of telemedicine technology since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. earlier this year, but patients who complain of a pain in their leg can’t as easily show their doctor where and how it hurts via telemedicine. Natural language processing (NLP) thus has a potentially bigger role to play in automating diagnoses and the pharmacovigilance process, starting with interpreting data in free text fields and doing some of the cumbersome analytical work.
Oct 22, 2020
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Diagnostics World News I Antibodies may provide immunity for several months, five cytokines identified that predict cytokine storm, Dublin-Boston score predicts severity of infection, pandemic related delays in CRC screening may cause significant increase in death rates from cancer, and Fluidigm to provide millions of saliva-based tests to US colleges and universities. Plus: Mount Sanai receives research funding to study impact of virus on lung cancer patients, SwabSeq has capability to test thousands of samples together but give individual results and more.
Oct 16, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | The precision medicine gap, created by missing or outdated diagnostic technologies which have proved inadequate at providing a bridge between the numerous treatment options, and the subset of patients who will respond to them is one major obstacle holding back precision medicine.
Oct 14, 2020
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Diagnostics World NewsWith a proper supply chain around a population of patients, and medical experts available to remotely oversee their care, a home could theoretically be transformed into a hospital on a moment’s notice. It’s a pioneering idea that the Mayo Clinic began actively exploring this summer with a pair of pilot programs in Jacksonville, Florida, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Oct 12, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | New ‘dipstick’ technology developed at the University of Queensland can quickly extract genetic material in as little as 30 seconds; CalTech researchers develop new sensor named SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex; and dried blood spot samples are as accurate in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies as venous blood samples study finds. Plus: NIH announces new RADx initiative contracts totaling $98.35 million; University of Minnesota AI evaluates chest X-rays to diagnose COVID-19; Boston launches TestBoston to track previous infection; and more.
Oct 9, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Dialysis patients could help surveillance efforts, risk-raising genetic mutations, comparing return-to-work protocols, counting breaths, 3D nasal swabs and saliva sampling make the mark, cool tool for rapid antibody detection, resuming anticancer therapy, an Android app to analyze the SARS-CoV-2 genome, loss of smell, delirium in the elderly, AI+CT for diagnosing COVID-19. Plus, detecting fever from a distance, a COVID-19 biorepository expands to include convalescent plasma, more funding to improve testing for underserved populations, a smartwatch for asymptomatic individuals, and more of the latest news from around the U.S. and Europe.
Oct 2, 2020