Molecular Diagnostics
Liquid Biopsy Can Detect Recurrent Breast Cancer and Monitor Progression
A new study has found that liquid biopsy performed on serum samples taken from breast cancer patients can provide increasingly accurate information on cancer progression and enable earlier detection of cancer recurrence. More...31 Mar 2022
Thermo Fisher Launches CE-IVD Marked NGS Instrument for Diagnostic Testing
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched the CE-IVD marked Ion Torrent Genexus Dx Integrated Sequencer, an automated, next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform that delivers results in as little as a single day. Designed for use in clinical laboratories, the fully validated system enables users to perform both diagnostic testing and clinical research on a single instrument. More...31 Mar 2022
Siemens sNfL Blood Test Predicts Risk of MS Disease Activity
The ADVIA Centaur serum Neurofilament Light Chain (sNfL) assay, developed by Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) in collaboration with Novartis Pharma AG (Basel, Switzerland), quantitatively measures NfL in human serum and plasma. It is intended to be used in conjunction with clinical, imaging, and laboratory findings as an aid in identifying adult patients with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis who are at lower risk versus higher risk of MS disease activity. More...31 Mar 2022
Rapid Test Predicts Sepsis Soon After Infection and Before Organ Damage
In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice - well before blood clotting and organ failure - enabling early antibiotic treatment and markedly increased survival. More...30 Mar 2022
NGS Panels Detect RNA and DNA Cancer Biomarkers in Single Assay
Vela Diagnostics (Singapore) has launched its new OncoKey SL 60 and 525 Plus Panels. These next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based panels are intended for detection of DNA and RNA cancer biomarkers from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens, for up to 64 samples in a single sequencing run. More...30 Mar 2022
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