Salivary Protein Wiki May Transform Diagnostic Testing
To improve the development of new saliva-based diagnostic tests, the NIDCR has supported the development of the Human Salivary Proteome Wiki.
Category: Specimen Collection & Handling
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LatestStudy Data Increase Understanding of Multiple Sclerosis Progression
In studies of primary progressive and relapsing multiple sclerosis, blood neurofilament light chain levels were significantly lower following treatment with Ocrevus.
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New Liquid Biopsy Blood Test Improves Breast Cancer Diagnostics
The TARDIS test could help avoid unnecessary surgeries and enable physicians to continuously monitor cancer.
Olympus Biopsy Needles Improve Staging of GI Disease
The 25-gauge biopsy needle completes the company’s product line, with expanded FDA indications for both fine needle aspiration and fine needle biopsy.
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Palmetto GBA Issues Draft Local Coverage Determination for Decipher Prostate Biopsy Genomic Classifier
The draft LCD permits coverage for the use of Decipher among men with very low and low risk of prostate cancer according to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines.
Read MoreMetagenomics for Clinical Trial Selection and Companion Diagnostics
This is a companion article to the feature “Reducing the Diagnostic Odyssey.”
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Precipio Launches Liquid Biopsy DNA Enrichment Sales in Europe
The company anticipates a $10 million annual European market, with $1 million in annual addressable sales potential from its local partner it Italy.
Read MoreFrom the Editor: Waiving Faster
As more and more tests are granted waived complexity status, clinical laboratorians may have some concerns about whether such tests are truly comparable to those performed in a CLIA-accredited facility by trained professionals.
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Liquid Biopsy Demonstrates Potential to Replace Solid Biopsy in Metastatic Breast Cancer
At the recent San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers from the University of Southern California’s Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center presented results of extensive work with the Parsortix system from Angle.
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Irvine Scientific Releases Sperm Cryopreservation Medium
The medium’s formula is designed to improve post-thaw performance and reduce the costs of freezing sperm.
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July 2017 Tech Guide: Anatomic and Digital Pathology Instruments and Tools
This month’s issue features anatomic and digital pathology technologies from such companies as BioGenex, Indica Labs, and MicroDimensions.
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Adoption of Liquid Biopsy Tests for NSCLC
Blood-based genomic tests are improving treatment decision and start times.
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Coded Tubes Facilitate Long-Term Storage of Tissue Samples
Offering unambiguous identification and storage of fresh frozen tissue samples, the tubes have a 2D data-matrix code laser-encrypted on the tube bottom and a large readable code on the tube sidewall.
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July 2016 Tech Guide: Anatomic and Digital Pathology Instruments and Tools
This month’s issue features anatomic and digital pathology technologies from such companies as Aspyra, Leica Biosystems, Mikroscan Technologies, and Philips.
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Updated Assay Features Pretreatment Reagent Enhancements
The assay enables rapid assessment of tissue-based biomarker expression across the full spectrum of clinical formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples without the need for lengthy rounds of assay optimization.
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June 2015 Product Spotlight: Anatomic and Digital Pathology
This issue’s Product Spotlight features anatomic and digital technologies from companies such as Psyche Systems, Technidata, and Viewics.
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Circulating Tumor Cells Provide Genomic Snapshot of Breast Cancer
Recent research suggests that tumor cells circulating in the blood of metastatic patients could give as accurate a genomic readout as tumor biopsies.
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Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Process Controls
AcroMetrix MultiMix FFPE Controls from Life Technologies, Carlsbad, Calif, are process controls for the isolation, purification, and detection of somatic genetic variants in research oncology testing.
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