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  • Liquid Biopsy in the Field: Oxford Nanopore’s Chemistry, Hardware Plans

    Diagnostics World News | At Oxford Nanopore’s virtual Community Meeting last week, CTO Clive Brown presented new sequencing chemistries and hardware to enable liquid biopsy in the field.

    Dec 6, 2021
  • Follow the Money: Skincare Diagnostics, Gynecological Imaging

    Diagnostics World News | American Rescue Plan investment for diagnostics manufacturing, point-of-care gynecological imaging, skincare diagnostics, sepsis diagnostics for warfighters, and more.

    Dec 2, 2021
  • Big Money for French AI Startup, Illumina Powers Canadian COVID-19 Network, More

    Diagnostics World News | French AI startup Owkin announces big funding and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center partnership, Roche and Genentech choose Flywheel cloud informatics, and Talis Biomedical gets FDA EUA for COVID-19 test. Plus new products from VIDA Diagnostics, Oncocyte, Metabolon and more.

    Nov 30, 2021
  • Illumina, Genetic Alliance Launch iHope Genetic Health for Whole Genome Sequencing

    Diagnostics World | Illumina and Genetic Alliance announced this week the creation of the iHope Genetic Health program aimed at providing whole-genome sequencing access (WGS) to tens of thousands of patients across the globe impacted by genetic disease. At least half of iHope Genetic Health's efforts will be focused on areas of the world in need outside the US, with more than one-third of Illumina's support being dedicated to patients in Africa.

    Nov 22, 2021
  • New Virus Panel Detects Coinfections—And Could Inform Development Of COVID Boosters

    Diagnostics World News | Labs around the country with next-generation sequencing capabilities have begun using a respiratory virus panel that simultaneously tests for SARS-CoV-2 and 40 other potentially co-occurring respiratory viruses, including four cold-causing coronaviruses, both types of respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), and more than a dozen influenza viruses.

    Nov 17, 2021