Lab Volume Index Delivers Insights on Post-Pandemic Diagnostic Testing
XiFin has added new features and insights to its Lab Volume Index (LVI), with a deeper dive in the post-pandemic diagnostic landscape.
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Income Level, Literacy, Healthcare Access Rarely Reported in Clinical Trials
"If trials don't report on the characteristics of the people being studied, there is no way to know that the study's findings will apply to all populations," says the researcher who led the study.
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Bio-Me Joining Study on Long-term Effects of Covid-19
Akershus University Hospital and Bio-Me are collaborating on a study of the long-term effects of covid-19 in adolescents and young adults, investigating the involvement of the microbiome.
Simple, Cheap Test Can Help Save Lives from Colorectal Cancer, Study Shows
New research has demonstrated that a simple, cheap test can help identify who is at risk of developing colorectal cancer, aiding early diagnosis and potentially saving lives.
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Oxford Immunotec Covid-19 Test to Measure Efficacy of Valneva Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate
Oxford Immunotec will perform T cell testing on participants receiving Valneva’s inactivated whole-virus covid-19 vaccine candidate with the research-use-only T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 test.
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New Studies Support Blood Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s
Rresearchers provide convincing evidence that an in-house developed blood test for Alzheimer’s disease can detect the disease early and track its course, which has major implications for a potential use in clinical practice and treatment trials.
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Prognostic Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Test in Symptom-Free Stage
Using a blood test, a research team has predicted the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people who were clinically diagnosed as not having Alzheimer’s disease but who perceived themselves as cognitively impaired.
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Researchers’ New Covid-19 RNA Testing Method Gives Accurate Results in Minutes
University of Birmingham Enterprise has filed a patent application covering the method and its use in diagnostic equipment, and is now seeking to license the patent for rapid product development.
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Sera Prognostics, Anthem Launch Study to Improve Outcomes for Preterm Babies
The PRIME study is designed to provide a blueprint for how healthcare can more effectively identify and manage high-risk pregnancies and reduce preterm birth.
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NIH Develops Robust Covid-19 Serology ELISAs
NIH researchers developed two covid-19 assays to detect the spike protein and receptor binding protein, achieving sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 100% using the Mitra Microsampler from Neoteryx.
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Antigen Tests—Are Self-Collected Nasal Swabs Reliable?
Under certain conditions, self-collected swabs may be a good alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs collected by health professionals for antigen testing.
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Point of Care Testing Can Improve Influenza Detection, Treatment
New research has shown that implementing point-of-care testing in hospitals to diagnose influenza can lead to better treatment and faster recovery for patients.
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Research: PixCell’s HemoScreen Plays Key Role in Minimizing Disease Spread
Researchers concluded that PixCell’s HemoScreen, a miniature, easy-to-use, AI and machine vision-enabled hematology analyzer, can fill the gap in point-of-care diagnostics.
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Experts Discuss Essential Efforts of Clinical Laboratories to Fight Opioid Epidemic at AACC Meeting
Scientific sessions during the virtual 2020 AACC Meeting & Expo will highlight clinical laboratories’ integral role in managing the opioid epidemic and the latest drug tests needed to do so.
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Does Prolonged Covid-19 Detection Identify People Who Are Infectious Long Term?
Researchers gained significant insight into when covid-19 virus detection also may indicate contagiousness.
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Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score Test Shapes Clinical Practice
New data highlight the role of the test in further individualizing treatment decisions in early breast cancer.
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Potential New Ways to Identify Early Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have found new forms of tau protein that become abnormal in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s disease before cognitive problems develop.
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Virus-like Probes to Make Rapid Covid-19 Testing More Accurate, Reliable
Researchers say the controls have the potential to improve the accuracy of new covid-19 tests that are simpler, faster, and cheaper, making it possible to expand testing outside the lab.
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