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Diagnostics World News | Pacific Biosciences announced this morning that it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which it will acquire Omniome, a San Diego-based company developing a highly differentiated, proprietary short-read sequencing platform capable of delivering high accuracy.
Jul 20, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Systemic chronic inflammation—a universally strong signal of ill health associated with all nine hallmarks of aging and diseases that collectively represent the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide—can now be measured by an inflammatory clock of aging (iAge) developed by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. It is the first “actionable clock” that predicts multimorbidity, frailty, immunological health, and chronic diseases of aging.
Jul 15, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Employers are testing for COVID-19 at noticeably higher levels in 2021 compared to late 2020, according to findings from a global business survey conducted by Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions and the World Economic Forum, along with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. Responses came from over 1,100 companies spanning more than 20 industry sectors and over 30 countries.
Jul 13, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | A “silver lining” of COVID-19 is that it has ushered in a new era of diagnostic innovation within test manufacturing facilities and clinical and public health laboratories, producing in 18 months what would be a decade’s worth of progress in non-pandemic times. Near-universal focus on one common problem created new ways to work together, overcome gaps in resources, and develop novel point-of-care testing methods under intense time pressures, as will be explored during the upcoming Next-Gen Dx Summit.
Jul 8, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | A team of researchers from Beijing Normal University in China has developed an artificial intelligence-based brain age prediction model to quantify deviations from a healthy brain-aging trajectory in patients with mild cognitive impairment. They hope the model will help earlier detection of cognitive impairment at an individual level.
Jul 6, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Insilico Medicine closes a Series C for AI-powered drug discovery, while other investments fuel microbiome-based diagnostics.
Jul 2, 2021