Prior to passage of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, covered entities throughout the United States were working furiously to meet the October 1, 2014, deadline for implementation of the latest edition of the...
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Laboratory testing for hematological disorders ranges from highly automated routine laboratory tests to cutting-edge technologies. This post is a sidebar to our May 2014 feature on Hematology Testing.
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The FDA-cleared Lyra Direct Strep Assay kit from Quidel differentiates between pyogenic Group A and pyogenic C or G Streptococcal throat infections.
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Menssana Research laboratories have established a new role for breath testing in the early detection of disease. Scientists there have developed a portable breath collection apparatus that can collect breath samples for highly sensitive laboratory analysis virtually anywhere.
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Headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, MedMira is developing a robust pipeline of tests based on its patented Rapid Vertical Flow technology. The technology facilitates the formation of highly specific antigen-antibody reactions, allowing specific biomarkers in many sample types—including human whole blood, serum, or plasma—to be captured and visualized on a unique membrane.
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