Saliva Testing Shows Promise for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
Research points to saliva testing as a potential alternative to blood sampling for patients with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and depression.
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MolDx Issues LCD for Decipher Prostate Biopsy Genomic Test
The Medicare LCD provides coverage for the Decipher prostate biopsy genomic test for men with both favorable and unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
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Hybrid Tubes Improve Tissue Sample Storage
Uniform tissue storage products enable biobanks to standardize and automate the handling and storage of tissue samples in the same way as liquid samples.
Bio-Rad Releases First FDA-Cleared Liquid Biopsy Test for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Using the kit, clinicians can accurately and reproducibly monitor residual disease in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, even at low levels.
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Precipio and PerkinElmer Collaborate to Provide Liquid Biopsy Solutions
Together, Precipio and PerkinElmer can provide a simple, reliable, automated cell-free DNA analysis workflow alongside a cutting-edge mutation enrichment technology, ICE COLD PCR, that will enable laboratories to efficiently use these technologies to support liquid biopsy testing.
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National Cancer Institute Grants Support Liquid Biopsy Studies
With three NCI grants, BioFluidica is investigating chip-based liquid biopsy technologies for the detection of cancer and related genetic variants.
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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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