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Diagnostics World News | A digital AI platform to enrich breast cancer grading and improve risk categorization; novel tests significantly reduce hospitalization costs and mortality and morbidity rates in newborns and premature infants; the first blood test superior to stool tests in detecting advanced adenomas and colorectal cancer; and more.
Jan 26, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | Funding for a decision-support platform to enhance surveillance, detection, and triage of neglected tropical diseases and other rare infectious diseases, transcriptome-wide profiling and advanced medicinal chemistry technology, novel pathology consulting, and more.
Jan 24, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference last week, several diagnostics companies offered insight into their directions and plans for the coming year, and oncology diagnostics was a refrain. Across the space, test developers and researcher groups are turning their attention first to minimal residual disease (MRD) tests. Here we gather feedback from a few of the companies that presented last week.
Jan 19, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference last week, several diagnostics companies offered insight into their directions and plans for the coming year, and oncology diagnostics was a refrain. Across the space, test developers and researcher groups are turning their attention first to minimal residual disease (MRD) tests. Here we gather feedback from a few of the companies that presented last week.
Jan 19, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a blood test for monitoring cancer patients that could be done for as little as $35. The new Heatrich-BS assay sequences cell-free DNA in clinical samples that get heated to isolate cancer-specific signatures, according to Cheow Lih Feng, assistant professor at NUS’s Institute for Health Innovation & Technology and department of biomedical engineering.
Jan 18, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | A team of researchers is pursuing new technology to address racial disparities in blood measurements. The group ultimately hopes to develop a portable wearable device, like a monitor or watch, capable of accurately and non-invasively reading blood regardless of skin tone.
Jan 17, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | A team of researchers is pursuing new technology to address racial disparities in blood measurements. The group ultimately hopes to develop a portable wearable device, like a monitor or watch, capable of accurately and non-invasively reading blood regardless of skin tone.
Jan 17, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | In a somewhat subdued presentation compared to years past, Illumina CEO Francis deSouza kicked off his annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference talk highlighting the breadth of the genomics market. deSouza sees a $120 billion total addressable market for Illumina, with oncology testing representing more than half of the opportunity.
Jan 12, 2023
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Diagnostics World News | Laser diodes many times stronger than the brightness of light-emitting diodes found on the back of Apple Watches and Fitbits are enabling development of a photoacoustic skin patch capable of continuously monitoring the amount and location of hemoglobin in deep tissues. This opens the possibility of noninvasively detecting organ dysfunction, cerebral or gut hemorrhages, cancer, and COVID complications with the convenience of a wearable.
Jan 10, 2023