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Diagnostics World | Every resource in healthcare is precious. The last few years have tested healthcare systems in almost every way, with significant impacts on their long-term financial health and, by extension, the quality of care they can provide. A 2023 report by the American Hospital Association estimates that overall hospital expenses rose by 17.5% between 2019 and 2022.
May 10, 2024
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Diagnostics World | In oncology, it is well appreciated that time is life. Diagnostics are therefore valuable not just to determine the disease state of patients but how best to treat them, says Jane Li, senior director of oncology, pharma, and CRO partnerships related to clinical sequencing at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
May 7, 2024
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Diagnostics World | A much-anticipated rule to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices has arrived, with significant implications for the diagnostic industry and patient care. Here’s a closer look at the historical context underlying the new rule, the debate leading up to this moment, recent updates, and the road ahead.
May 2, 2024
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Diagnostics World | Significant evidence now exists implicating the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a causal factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), making treatment of the virus a priority. To that end, research scientists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a blood test to measure the immune response to EBV that could be used as an outcome measure in future clinical trials in people with established MS.
May 1, 2024
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Diagnostics World | Researchers at the University of Chicago have succeeded in creating a digital twin of the gut microbiome of premature infants that reliably models the many interactions taking place between quickly changing bacterial inhabitants. The so-called “Q-net” model, created with generative artificial intelligence (AI), was used to make predictions about which infants were going to have neurodevelopmental deficits using head circumference as the proxy.
Apr 30, 2024
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Diagnostics World | Roche will distribute Prenosis’s Sepsis ImmunoScore, an artificial intelligence/machine learning software as a medical device to guide rapid diagnosis of sepsis and prediction of adverse outcomes; PathAI announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo to help biopharma companies and anatomic pathology labs accelerate the adoption of AI and digital pathology; more.
Apr 25, 2024