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Diagnostics World | A global collaborative of researchers has used a novel platform based on cell-free RNA (cfRNA) to monitor patterns of gene expression as pregnancy progresses—including, surprisingly, genes that appear to originate with the developing fetus. They recently demonstrated the platform’s potential as a pregnancy screening tool, using preeclampsia as a test case, but it might logically also be brought to bear in the future treatment and prevention of any number of pregnancy-related complications.
Jan 5, 2022
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Diagnostics World | Researchers in China have developed a noninvasive skin cholesterol detection system that could be useful in the long-term lipid management of cardiovascular diseases, meeting a critical unmet need.
Jan 4, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Technologies for blood collection and testing, immune-competent organoids, flow cytometry for cell therapies, and SPR-based proteomics
Dec 28, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | With vaccines becoming widely available, there was still a need to expand testing capabilities, bringing these efforts right into the home with over-the-counter tests and thinking outside of the box with cheap smell-based testing. We also learned more about the process for various tests and interventions to transition from EUA to full approval, or why they might be abandoned.
Dec 27, 2021