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Diagnostics World | A global collaborative of researchers has used a novel platform based on cell-free RNA (cfRNA) to monitor patterns of gene expression as pregnancy progresses—including, surprisingly, genes that appear to originate with the developing fetus. They recently demonstrated the platform’s potential as a pregnancy screening tool, using preeclampsia as a test case, but it might logically also be brought to bear in the future treatment and prevention of any number of pregnancy-related complications.
Jan 5, 2022
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Diagnostics World | Researchers in China have developed a noninvasive skin cholesterol detection system that could be useful in the long-term lipid management of cardiovascular diseases, meeting a critical unmet need.
Jan 4, 2022
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Diagnostics World News | Technologies for blood collection and testing, immune-competent organoids, flow cytometry for cell therapies, and SPR-based proteomics
Dec 28, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | With vaccines becoming widely available, there was still a need to expand testing capabilities, bringing these efforts right into the home with over-the-counter tests and thinking outside of the box with cheap smell-based testing. We also learned more about the process for various tests and interventions to transition from EUA to full approval, or why they might be abandoned.
Dec 27, 2021
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Diagnostics World | Diagnostics partnerships on scalp-sensing electrodes, AI-powered pathology, and devices in China. Plus new products from Leica Microsystems, Foundation Medicine, PerkinElmer, more.
Dec 22, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | People with type 1 diabetes face unique challenges in managing their disease, including, for many decades, the need to review their blood sugar levels and adjust insulin dosing by hand. Creation of an artificial pancreas system connecting glucose sensors and insulin pumps introduced automation, the technology has not been routinely available. Online peer communities filled this gap by engineering sophisticated, do-it-yourself solutions.
Dec 21, 2021
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Bio-IT World | A growing number of companies are endeavoring to replicate the success of gene sequencing juggernaut Illumina in the burgeoning field of proteomics. A top contender is Nautilus Biotechnology, which has spent the past few years drumming up excitement about the potential for comprehensively profiled proteins to make therapeutic and diagnostic development more effective and time efficient.
Dec 16, 2021
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Diagnostics World News | Histopathology is destined to go through the same sort of digital transformation that occurred in the home entertainment industry with the wholesale switchover from in-person visits at Blockbuster stores to anytime movie availability from streaming service Netflix.
Dec 14, 2021
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Diagnostics World | A group of cell engineers and synthetic biologists at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a tech tool called “eToeholds” that could help improve the safety and efficacy of RNA and cell therapies, in addition to enabling new forms of detection.
Dec 9, 2021