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).
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Testing Kit Detects Gene Variants Linked to Cystic Fibrosis
Asuragen Inc. has launched a testing kit for research use that is designed to detect pathogenic variants in the CFTR gene that cause cystic fibrosis.
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Exact Diagnostics Launches Multiplex Control for Use with Molecular Respiratory Panel Assays
Routine use of the positive run control enables laboratories to meet their individualized quality control goals, including evaluation of reagent lot changes and new shipments.
Cost-Effective Tests for Lyme Disease and TBRF
IGeneX’s new BCA assays are simple and cost-effective tests that give either a positive or negative result for exposure to Borrelia spp.
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Owlstone Medical Provides Breath Biopsy Analysis to Study of Immune-Mediated Diseases
The company will receive funding to provide the breath biopsy component of a research initiative designed to provide new insights into the mechanisms of response and nonresponse to treatment for seven immune-mediated diseases.
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Molecular QC for Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Positive and negative controls are designed to help laboratories deliver reliable MTB-RIF testing results.
Read MoreLophius Biosciences Closes $3.4 Million Financing Round for TB Detection Assay
The funding will enable Lophius to expand clinical performance data and finalize design of the assay for use on automated platforms.
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Self-Monitoring Solution in Mobile App Can Help Patients Manage Uncontrolled Asthma
A study by Karolinska Institute researchers shows that an algorithm used in a mobile phone app can efficiently manage uncontrolled asthma.
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New Biomarker May Uncover Uncontrolled Asthma
Study subjects with uncontrolled asthma had substantially higher levels of local IL-26 in their airways, when compared with subjects with controlled asthma.
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Roche Expands Global Access Program to Include Diagnostics for Hepatitis, Human Papillomavirus, and Tuberculosis
Access to innovative diagnostic solutions will contribute to the World Health Organization’s infectious disease elimination goals.
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FDA Clears Respiratory Panel That Can Detect More Than 20 Pathogens
The panel is the first offering in a deep and broad pipeline of assays planned for QIAstat-Dx in the United States.
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University of Manchester and Owlstone Medical Awarded £250,000 to Advance Asthma Diagnostics
The study will collect breath samples from asthmatic patients and healthy controls to analyze breath-based biomarkers.
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BD Launches Molecular Test for Tuberculosis
The BD Max MDR-TB panel has obtained the CE mark, supporting market launch in Europe.
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SenzaGen Launches First In Vitro Airway Allergy Test
The test uses genetic biomarkers to determine with high accuracy whether inhaled substances and chemicals that come into contact with the lungs are allergenic or not.
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Study Reveals Dramatic Development of Immune System after Birth
As soon as a baby is born, its immune system starts to change dramatically in response to the bacteria and viruses in its new environment. The study was made possible using new techniques of immune cell analysis.
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Hologic Panther Fusion System and Respiratory Assays Approved by Health Canada
New module expands molecular testing capabilities, increases productivity and flexibility for the laboratory.
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EliTechGroup Molecular Diagnostics Receives CE Mark for Respiratory Panel
liTechGroup Molecular Diagnostics has launched a multiplex assay, the respiratory bacterial Elite MGB panel, for the diagnosis of bacterial respiratory infections.
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Third Hologic Respiratory Assay Obtains FDA Clearance
Running on the company’s Panther Fusion system, the new assay detects adenovirus, human metapneumovirus, and rhinovirus.
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