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Molecular Diagnostics

OvaGene, Hitachi Collaborate on mRNA Biomarkers for Gynecological Cancers

Ovagene, a molecular diagnostics firm, will collaborate with Hitachi Chemical Research Center to develop novel mRNA-based signatures for gynecological cancers. The collaboration aims to develop tests for the analysis of tumor mRNA within exosomes and microvessels in blood and vaginal fluids.  More...
01 Oct 2014
Image: The Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) (Photo courtesy of Life Technologies).

Blood Test Identifies When Cancer Treatment Becomes Detrimental

Some treatments for prostate cancer, while initially effective at controlling the disease, not only stop working after a certain period of time but actually start driving tumor growth.  More...
29 Sep 2014

Noninvasive Prenatal Test Assesses Risk for Aneuploidies

A noninvasive prenatal test employs next-generation sequencing to assess risk for multiple fetal chromosomal aneuploidies from a single blood sample.  More...
28 Sep 2014
Image: Digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts numerous Chikungunya virus particles, which are composed of a central dense core that is surrounded by a viral envelope. Each virion is approximately 50 nm in diameter (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Goldsmith).

Molecular Test Finds Increased Chikungunya Virus Infections

Chikungunya is an infectious disease that causes fever, rash, and for a subset of patients, chronic joint pain. Pregnant women who acquire Chikungunya infection within one week of delivery can transmit the virus to their baby, which can lead to severe infection.  More...
24 Sep 2014
Image: A line of antibodies to human blood proteins offers high quality and flexibility in testing for a wide range of blood proteins (Photo courtesy of The Binding Site).

Extensive Line of Anti-Human Protein Antibodies Available

A line of antibodies to human blood proteins offers the in vitro diagnostics and life sciences sectors high quality and flexibility in testing for a wide range of blood proteins.  More...
24 Sep 2014
Image: The ACD RNAscope 2.0 Brown kit for in situ hybridization (Photo courtesy of Advanced Cell Diagnostics).

Blood Test for Receptor Predicts Prostate Cancer Treatment Response

Prostate cancer patients whose tumors contain a shortened receptor called androgen-receptor splice variant 7 messenger ribonucleic acid are less likely to respond to two widely used drugs for metastatic prostate cancer.   More...
21 Sep 2014

Large Genetic Study Identifies New Prostate Cancer Loci

Data obtained during a large genetic screening study have added 23 new genetic variants to the known loci linked to development of prostate cancer.  More...
21 Sep 2014
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