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Diagnostics World News | Researchers in Denmark are pursuing development of a diagnostic approach pairing a liquid biopsy test with nanoparticle tracking analysis to measure disease severity in patients with autoimmune diseases. While at least five years away from making an appearance in hospital labs, their patented Nanoscale Immunoactive Protein Quantification (NIP-Q) technique has already been used to discover patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a higher concentration of certain DNA–protein complexes in their blood.
Nov 4, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | In a new article published in JAMA Health Forum last week, members of the Association for Molecular Pathology COVID Response Steering Committee offered recommendations to improve the US’s ability to respond to the current COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
Nov 3, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | New public biotech fund, single cell analysis system, Air Force investment in diagnostic reagents, and more.
Nov 2, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Roche and Ibex Medical Analytics launch AI pathology agreement, University of Warwick and Iceni Diagnostics take a new look at SARS-CoV-2 testing, Caris Life Sciences and Ono Pharma collaborate on liquid biopsy, and wearables for cardiac health. Plus new products from MIP Diagnostics, AliveCor, Bio-Rad, and more.
Oct 29, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | A “quiet revolution” has been underway over the past year, exponentially growing the number of genetic variants discoverable by genome sequencing, according to Stephen Kingsmore, M.D., president and CEO of Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine in San Diego. Notably, it is now possible to identify an enormous number of structural variants—large genomic alterations that include insertions, deletions, and copy number variations—which account for about 20% of diagnoses in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Oct 28, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | There are several challenges within the existing diagnostics and prognostics landscape. The first is the use of subjective, qualitative measurements. This can lead to a wide range of variability in clinical assessments. Trying to better standardize assessments across clinical sites and laboratories is a major area for improvement.
Oct 26, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Most rare diseases have a genetic component, yet most people with rare diseases remain undiagnosed, Thomas Defay, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, told the audience at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo last month. Alexion has partnered with Genomenon to build out curated dashboards specific to some of Alexion’s genetic diseases of interest.
Oct 21, 2021
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Diagnostics World | Several research groups and start-ups are pursuing the potential of scratch-and-sniff testing, envisioning it as a simple, cheap, and accessible tool that could help limit transmission and avoid shutdowns during the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic.
Oct 19, 2021