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  • The Case For Lung Cancer Screening: Lessons from Lahey Health

    Diagnostics World News | Most patients, as well as most primary care physicians, consider lung cancer to be highly lethal. That’s because early-stage disease tends to be discovered by accident rather than intentionally through screening, leading Lahey Hospital & Medical Center to develop a high-volume CT lung cancer screening program, which is scanning about 65% of the eligible population with impressive results.

    Dec 9, 2019
  • Sight Diagnostics Receives FDA Clearance For Blood Test Device

    Diagnostics World News | Sight Diagnostics' AI-based blood diagnostics device—called OLO—recently received 510(k) clearance for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), allowing the device to be marketed and sold in the US.

    Dec 6, 2019
  • Veracyte Acquires nCounter Platform For Diagnostics

    Diagnostics World News | Veracyte announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement with NanoString for the exclusive global license to the nCounter platform for diagnostic use as well as other tests for $40 million in cash and $10 million in stock.

    Dec 3, 2019
  • Proscia, Vela, Certara, and More: News From November 2019

    Diagnostics World News | November featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Proscia, Vela, Certara, and more.

    Nov 27, 2019
  • Research Unraveling The Mysteries of the Human Placenta

    Diagnostics World News | Researchers recently took a step towards unraveling the "black box" of pregnancy with a new imaging technique called pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging (pCASL MRI), which tracks maternal blood flow to the placenta.

    Nov 26, 2019
  • Follow The Money: Investments and Funding Rounds for November

    Diagnostics World News | Some of the latest funding updates from across life sciences, clinical trials, the diagnostics industries.

    Nov 22, 2019
  • Scaling Precision Oncology

    Diagnostics World | Kenna Mills-Shaw believes that precision oncology is neither an illusion nor a panacea. But while there have been some dramatic wins for specific, molecularly-defined tumors, scaling precision oncology will require a highly integrated decision support platform.

    Nov 19, 2019
  • Machine Learning Takes On Sepsis

    Diagnostics World News | An early-stage startup is endeavoring to help clinical teams deliver high-value critical care with precision, and its first target is sepsis.

    Nov 18, 2019
  • Machine Learning Improves Detection of AKI in Burn Patients

    Diagnostics World News | A machine learning algorithm that contains the novel biomarker neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin looks like a big win for patients with severe burns. It can help predict acute kidney injury close to two days before clinical symptoms are detectable by conventional diagnostic measures alone.

    Nov 15, 2019