Automated Specimen Handling on Many Labs’ Wish Lists
Effective specimen collection, tracking, and labeling are key to efficient operation.
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Month: June 2009
Bio-Rad Receives FDA Clearance for Multiplex Serology Panels
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc announces the FDA clearance of two new multiplex infectious disease serology panels for use on the BioPlex 2200 system: the BioPlex ToRC IgG panel and the BioPlex HSV-1 & HSV-2 IgG panel.
Read MorePrometheus Presents Proprietary Oncology Diagnostic Platform
Prometheus Laboratories Inc, a specialty pharmaceutical and diagnostic company, presented an overview of its proprietary oncology diagnostic platform yesterday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla.
Read MoreQuest Test to Analyze KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF Gene Mutations
Quest Diagnostics Inc launches the EGFR Pathway test (KRAS with reflex to NRAS, BRAF), the first laboratory-developed test from a national commercial reference laboratory for comprehensively identifying, in a single reflex test offering, genetic mutations in the KRAS, NRAS and BRAF genes.
Read MoreNew Test Predicts Cancer Origin with 75% Accuracy
bioTheranostics, a bioMerieux company, announces that a recent study demonstrated the company’s THEROS CancerTYPE ID molecular diagnostic test predicted cancer origin with 75 percent accuracy in patients whose primary cancer was initially “unknown” using traditional diagnostics.
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