Category: Disease States

Disease States

C. auris Diagnostic Submitted for FDA Breakthrough Device Designation

T2 Biosystems Inc. has submitted an application with the FDA for Breakthrough Device Designation for the company’s Candida auris test.

Disease States

Cancer Screening Delays Due to COVID-19 Fuel Rise in Diagnoses

Delays in cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic will likely cause a significant increase in cancer cases.

Disease States

How Labs Are Meeting the Challenges of the Post-Pandemic World

The expiration of the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 provides new impetus for lab innovation in the post-pandemic world.

Cancer

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Future Pancreatic Cancer

An artificial intelligence tool has successfully identified those at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis.

Infectious Diseases

Regular Diagnostic Testing, Voluntary Isolation Favored Over Closures in Disease Outbreaks

Regular diagnostic testing and self-isolation can be more effective than school and business closures in combating disease outbreaks.

Womens Health

DDC Launches Peekaboo Click Early Gender DNA Test

The Peekaboo Click test will enable expecting parents to discover their baby's gender very early in pregnancy from a simple blood sample, with results returned from the lab as soon as the same day.

Allergy & Autoimmune

Progentec and GSK Collab on Virtual Lupus Diagnostics

Progentec launched a study with GSK aimed at identifying people at risk of developing lupus and guiding their virtual diagnostic journey.

Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular

Randox Launches BNP Control to Diagnose Heart Failure

The BNP control is designed to be used alongside the Acusera range of third-party controls, providing a comprehensive package.

Dementias & Alzheimer’s

Dementia Panel Available Via New AI-Powered Test Service

Quest Diagnostics announced nationwide availability of the RestoreU Dementia Panel, an AI-powered test service created by uMETHOD Health.

Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases

Could GCK Gene Experiments Improve Disease Diagnosis?

It's hoped new understanding of the GCK gene and its role in the development of diabetes could help increase the usefulness of DNA sequencing.

Kidney Disease

Is CKD Screening for All Over 35 Cost Effective?

Screening all adults in the United States for CKD starting at age 35 could be cost effective for the quality of life-years gained.

Respiratory Disease

Handheld Breath Biopsy Contract Awarded to Owlstone from U.S. DoD

Owlstone Medical, a global provider of Breath Biopsy, announced that it had won an award from the the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Sepsis

Rapid Diagnostic Test for Sepsis Validated for Emergency Department

Researchers presented data that validate a rapid diagnostic test for sepsis at the American Thoracic Society 2023 International Conference.