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Diagnostics World News | Electrical and computer engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology, together with clinical dermatology specialists at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), are collaboratively developing a low-cost, handheld imaging device that provides laboratory-grade diagnoses of different types of skin cancer. It should be received as a welcome alternative to skin biopsies, about half of which are unnecessarily done for want of another method for differentiating benign from cancerous tissue.
May 19, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Stephen Kingsmore, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, and Stavros Papadopoulos, TileDB, presented at Bio-IT World Conference & Expo about diagnostic whole-genome testing, newborn screening, treatment integration, and a single-platform multi-dimensional database.
May 18, 2022
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Diagnostics World News| A first-of-its-kind microfluidic diagnostic device that eliminates the usual liquid handling steps could enable pathogen detection, as well as gene sequencing, outside of a lab setting involving a lot of equipment and personnel. The small, no-frills chip is being developed by electrical and computer engineers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
May 17, 2022
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Diagnostics World | A pioneering program of Geisinger Health System has returned clinically actionable results from exome sequencing to a record-breaking 3,400 individuals at increased risk for potentially life-threatening conditions such as hereditary breast and colon cancers, familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), and heart disease. The MyCode Community Health Initiative, enabled by a 2014 agreement with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, draws from participants in a sizable DNA biobank who agree to the sequencing and results reporting.
May 11, 2022