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  • Novel Sensor Measures What Your Smartwatch Can’t: Muscle

    Diagnostics World News | The first-ever wearable sensor for monitoring muscle atrophy has been developed by researchers at The Ohio State University thanks to an interest in the muscle-shrinking condition by NASA, which has been funding most of the work to date.

    May 4, 2023
  • Rapid Testing Platform For Mpox Extensible To Other Emerging Pathogens

    Diagnostics World News | Researchers at Pennsylvania State University are leading the development of a lateral flow assay for mpox (monkeypox), which in another few years could join pregnancy tests on retail pharmacy shelves. The more immediate plan is to produce a rapid, point-of-care (POC) test for low-resource settings that involves a smartphone or other small reader capable of differentiating mpox from smallpox based on the light bouncing back from gold nanoparticles underpinning the platform.

    May 2, 2023
  • Diagnostics News from Oxford Nanopore, Vizgen, BGI Genomics, More

    Diagnostics World News | Oxford Nanopore enters the diagnostics market with bioMérieux collaboration, BGI Genomics agrees to tech transfer in southern Africa, and more. Plus new products from Vizgen, Agilent, Capitainer, and Metabolon.

    Apr 27, 2023
  • Follow the Money: Cancer Biomarker Detection, Gastrointestinal Diagnosis, More

    Diagnostics World News | Mercy BioAnalytics nets Series A for detecting cancer biomarkers on the surface of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles; Gilde Healthcare announces a new fund for medtech; using gas-sensing capsule to assess gastrointestinal motility; and more.

    Apr 25, 2023
  • Predictive Model For Gestational Diabetes Heads To Clinical Trials

    Diagnostics World | An international team of researchers has found that gut microbes can help diagnose gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as early as the first trimester of pregnancy, months earlier than is happening currently. The long-term aim of the group is to predict and prevent one of the most common pregnancy-related medical complications with adverse health implications for mother and child.

    Apr 19, 2023
  • Army Researchers Identify Blood Biomarker Panel For PTSD

    Diagnostics World News | Post-traumatic stress disorder is difficult to diagnose under the best of conditions, including knowing the triggering issues and how an individual responds to stressful events. For the mostly young and “macho” men in the military who are exposed to combat and separated from their families for many months at a stretch the obstacles—and stakes—are even higher.

    Apr 18, 2023