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Diagnostics World News | New diagnostics for both SARS-CoV-2 and antigens Plus: how protected are we by prior infections?
Feb 26, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Therapies targeting a specific antibody, molecule, or cell promise to revolutionize the treatment of severe asthma by replacing the need to take oral corticosteroids. And a new urine-based assay aims to stratify responders from non-responders to the new biologic treatment regimens.
Feb 23, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | 3-D printed nasopharyngeal swabs could solve resource problems, a closer look at COVID-19 diagnosis in Africa, and new diagnostic from Columbia University. Plus: EUA for COVID-19/flu combo test from Thermo Fisher, at-home tests in validation stages, and new vaccination panel.
Feb 19, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | An innovative interrogation technique developed at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is targeting genetic mutations that are neither very short nor very long and therefore get missed by existing diagnostic approaches.
Feb 17, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | The intellectual property landscape for diagnostics can seem fraught with confusion. Tom Cowan, a partner at Knobbe Martens tackled some of the most common questions about IP issues that diagnostics companies are likely to face in 2021.
Feb 16, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | New tools for predicting COVID-19 severity and death, and screening results of more than 1,000 at-home COVID-19 tests. Plus: detecting COVID-19 in wastewater, saliva-based testing for SARS CoV-2, uncovering the immunologic pathways of MIS-C.
Feb 12, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | The European Union’s In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR), introduced a new risk-based classification system, significantly impacting complementary and companion diagnostics. The IVDR also defines a CDx, for the first time in Europe, creating new challenges for device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies producing CDx.
Feb 11, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Because coronavirus can spread before people become aware of their symptoms—or when they experience no symptoms whatsoever—some are turning to wearables as an early detection tool. By picking up on changes in certain metrics, smartwatches may be able to help curb transmission by providing indications of infection and nudging individuals to self-isolate or get tested sooner.
Feb 9, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Biomarker for patients with an increased risk of bleeding, detecting antibodies in minutes, self-swabbing just as accurate as those taken by healthcare workers, routine screening of asymptomatic healthcare personnel not an effective strategy, and breath-sampling whistle captures aerosols for COVID-19 testing. Plus: Startup develops test using genetically modified brewer’s yeast and George Mason University expands saliva-based testing on campus after successful results in the Fall.
Feb 5, 2021