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  • Maternal Diagnostics Meets Machine Learning

    Diagnostics World News | Elaine Gee is Principal Data Scientist at Mirvie, a company dedicated to using technology to improve maternal health and identify pregnancy complications early using blood-based RNA profiling.

    Jan 28, 2022
  • Predicting COVID-19 Severity: Researchers Look to Fill Diagnostic Gap, Match Patients with Treatments

    Diagnostics World News | Researchers at Mount Sinai and the University of Colorado are pursuing the possibilities that stem from predicting which COVID-19 patients are most likely to deteriorate over time. The hope is that this ability could help health care professionals more effectively triage patients and pair them with appropriate treatments to improve outcomes.

    Jan 27, 2022
  • Protein-Based Biomarker Could Enable Precision Medicine For Depression

    Diagnostics World News | It has proven exceedingly difficult to identify reliable and reproducible genetic markers for depression, but it now appears possible to efficiently leverage a biochemical hallmark to create a blood test. The basis of the test is the four-decade-old discovery that depression is tied to low levels of the intracellular molecule adenylyl cyclase, made in response to neurotransmitters such as serotonin and epinephrine.

    Jan 25, 2022