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  • Decoding The Coverage And Coding Complexities Around Multiplex Testing

    Diagnostics World | Uncertainty surrounds the reimbursement landscape for multiplex testing and mandates and guidance issued as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) only added a fresh dose of complications.

    Sep 20, 2023
  • Novel Biomarker Tracks Tightly With Tau Tangles In Alzheimer’s Disease

    Diagnostics World | Researchers in the U.S. and Sweden have identified a biomarker (MTBR-tau243) for Alzheimer’s disease that tracks with the amount of damaging tau tangles in the brain and, when combined with a specific phosphorylated tau species (p-tau205), is nearly as predictive of cognitive function as tau-positron emission tomography (tau-PET) imaging.

    Sep 19, 2023
  • Emerging Tools Aim to Reduce Stroke-Related Deaths and Disabilities

    Diagnostics World | Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions have come up with a national estimate of serious harms from diagnostic error.

    Sep 13, 2023
  • Study Finds Breast Cancer Spreads During Sleep, Highlights Role Of Hormones

    Diagnostics World | The recent discovery that the metastatic spread of breast cancer accelerates during sleep sparked a lively conversation at last month’s Next Generation Dx Summit about new paths of exploration for thwarting a deadly pan-cancer process claiming 12 lives worldwide every minute.

    Sep 12, 2023
  • Neurosurgeons In Czech Republic Test Writing Capabilities Of ChatGPT

    Diagnostics World | Researchers in the Czech Republic succeeded in using ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) to produce a convincing scientific article in only one hour with no special human training—a feat intended to point out the current capabilities of large language models (LLMs).

    Sep 7, 2023