Category: Disease States

Disease States

Blood-Based Lung Cancer Assay Matches CT Sensitivity in NLST Evaluation

In studies using National Lung Screening Trial biospecimens, a liquid biopsy assay showed similar sensitivity to low-dose CT screening and detected cancers missed by imaging.

Disease States

Can an Alzheimer’s Blood Test Detect Early, Subtle Cognitive Decline?

Biomarkers in midlife adults without dementia may be linked to the earliest signs of waning cognition, researchers found.

Disease States

ACS Updates Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines to Include Blood-Based and Stool Tests

The new recommendations add blood-based testing and multi-target stool testing as options for average-risk adults starting at age 45.

Cancer

Multi-Cancer Blood Test Reduces Stage IV Diagnoses in Large Clinical Trial

Results from the NHS-Galleri study show a 26% reduction in metastatic cancer diagnoses by the third round of screening.

Infectious Diseases

LotusDx Opens R&D Lab to Develop At-Home STI Tests

The facility will support the clinical validation of diagnostic kits that provide results via a mobile app without the need for laboratory processing.

Womens Health

New Data Supports Multi-Omic Blood Test for Early Ovarian Cancer Detection

AOA Dx presented data at AACR 2026 supporting its AKRIVIS GD Test System, a multi-omic, blood-based assay for early ovarian cancer detection in symptomatic women, reporting an AUC of 0.92 in clinical controls.

Allergy & Autoimmune

Roche Receives CE Mark for Multiple Sclerosis Blood Test

The Elecsys NfL test measures a protein associated with nerve cell injury to monitor disease activity in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular

Noom Launches At-Home Blood Test Kit for Metabolic Health Tracking

The new kit uses Tasso+ collection technology and certified laboratory analysis to monitor 17 health markers, including blood sugar and lipid levels.

Dementias & Alzheimer’s

Researchers Develop Blood Test Sensor for Early Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Detection

The sensor identifies misfolded protein biomarkers in blood before clinical symptoms of neurodegeneration appear.

Diabetes & Metabolic Diseases

Diabetes Testing Expands Beyond Diagnosis Alone

As diabetes testing evolves, labs are seeing growing interest in earlier screening, additional biomarkers, and tools that can support more preventive care.

Kidney Disease

Insight Molecular Diagnostics Nears FDA Submission for Kidney Transplant Rejection Test Kit

Insight Molecular Diagnostics has completed clinical validation and received ISO 13485 certification for its GraftAssureDx kidney transplant rejection test kit, moving toward FDA submission, according to the company.

Respiratory Disease

Yourgene Health Cystic Fibrosis Assay Receives IVDR Accreditation

The Cystic Fibrosis Base assay has received IVDR accreditation, ensuring high standards for detecting cystic fibrosis mutations.

Sepsis

Volition Reports Successful Finger-Prick Detection of Nucleosomes for Sepsis Testing

VolitionRx reports its lateral flow prototype can detect nucleosomes in finger-prick blood samples from sepsis patients, enabling rapid, point-of-care testing outside centralized labs, according to company data.