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  • CRISPR's Future For Point-Of-Care Diagnostics

    Diagnostics World News | CRISPR applications are exploding, and Can Dincer, with the Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT) and Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg in Germany, sees uniquely powerful applications for point-of-care diagnostics.

    Feb 18, 2020
  • New Disease Detection Technique: Magnetically Levitating Plasmas

    Diagnostics World News | The same technology that propels the world’s fastest electric train at speeds up to 267 miles per hour is now being used for the first time to levitate proteins in plasma for diagnostic purposes—and tease out differences between healthy and diseased plasma donors.

    Feb 14, 2020
  • Setting Standards For Measuring Circulating Tumor DNA

    Diagnostics World News | Angela Pia Sanzone, Blood Biomarkers Group Leader, Advanced Therapies Division, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), UK, is working with the World Health Organization on international reference standards for ctDNA that will enable harmonized reporting in diagnostics and patient monitoring.

    Feb 11, 2020
  • Predictive Immune Modeling: Why Immune Profiling Is a Powerful Tool for Understanding and Treating Disease

    Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | In order to achieve the goal of truly tailoring therapy regimens to patient’s molecular profiles, it’s imperative that we overcome challenges and move into the next era of biomarker and diagnostic development.

    Feb 7, 2020
  • Diagnostic Community Responds To Coronavirus Outbreak

    Diagnostics World News Brief | The diagnostic community has been quick to respond to the recent outbreak of coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. Companies have announced commitments to combating the virus, either through funding or technology application.

    Feb 6, 2020
  • A Regulatory View of Personalized Therapeutics

    Diagnostics World News | The FDA’s Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research discusses the obstacles in developing gene therapies, emerging developments in the field, and the regulatory landscape surrounding personalized therapeutics.

    Feb 5, 2020
  • Containing The Coronavirus

    Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | With the outbreak and fast spread of Novel Coronavirus, including at least 106 deaths, as of Tuesday morning, the question on everyone’s mind is “Can the 2019-nCoV virus be contained?”

    Feb 4, 2020
  • Charles River, TriSalus, BioIVT, And More: News From January 2020

    Diagnostics World News | January featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Charles River, TriSalus, BioIVT, and more.

    Jan 30, 2020
  • Molecular Medicine Tri-Con, Bio-IT World WEST Bring Hackathon To The Bay Area

    Diagnostics World News | The forthcoming Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference and Bio-IT World WEST conference will host the inaugural Bioinformatics Pipelines for Preclinical Drug Discovery Hackathon in San Francisco.

    Jan 29, 2020
  • Applying New Diagnostic Technologies in Long-Term Care

    Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | The benefits of proper infection control are well-known in the long-term care community. Newly-developed diagnostic and data sharing technologies have the potential to change how infections are understood and treated in long-term care.

    Jan 28, 2020
  • Can Flu Vaccines Be Useful Tool To Fight Cancer?

    Diagnostics World News | Researchers from Rush University Medical Center are taking a unique approach to cancer immunotherapy: a flu shot.

    Jan 22, 2020