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Diagnostics World News | The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants, with reports detailing whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their body might process certain medications.
Dec 13, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Liquid biopsies based on circulating tumor DNA or tumor cells have remarkably improved our prognostic and diagnostic capabilities in oncology. Now, exosome-based liquid biopsies bring the benefits of non-biopsy approaches to a broader range of medical areas.
Dec 9, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Researchers have their sights set on creating a first-of-its-kind anatomical map of the vagus nerve. Stavros Zanos of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research is leading a three-year-long research study called Reconstructing Vagal Anatomy. The NIH-supported project plans to share the map with the greater scientific community in hopes of leading to new breakthroughs in the field of bioelectronic medicine.
Dec 8, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | A research team from The Ohio State University and Foundation Medicine suggests that tumor fraction has the potential to serve as a pragmatic, tumor-agnostic prognostic tool. They published their results in Annals of Oncology last month.
Dec 6, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | A deep learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10-year risk of death from a heart attack or stroke; a new blood test to improve early detection and diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer in patients by minimizing unnecessary invasive tissue biopsies; real-time PCR technology to screen for spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency using a single dried blood spot sample; and more.
Nov 30, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Funding for chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury genetic testing, minimal residual disease testing for solid tumors, and more.
Nov 29, 2022