Molecular Diagnostics

System Separates Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood Samples, Improves Cancer Diagnostics
A new approach that can successfully and rapidly isolate rare circulating tumor cells from patient blood samples could help improve cancer diagnosis and the ability to provide targeted and personalized treatments. More...01 Jul 2022



Nanopore-based miRNA Analysis Detects Early Stage Bile Duct Cancer
Bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma) is an often lethal type of cancer, since by the time of diagnosis most bile duct cancers are already incurable. Thus, methods for the early diagnosis of this cancer are urgently needed. Towards this end, a recent paper described a nanopore-based method for detecting microRNA expression patterns characteristic for bile duct cancer. More...29 Jun 2022

Mobile Testing Platform Performs World's Fastest Multiplex PCR and RT-PCR Analysis
A new techniques named hcPCR (high content PCR), combines the advantages of qPCR and dPCR, in order to detect a large number of targets per test (multiplexing) and obtain the maximum amount of information in record time. More...29 Jun 2022


Blood Test to Assess Nerve Damage Could Also Detect Alzheimer’s Years Before Onset
Researchers have identified a protein in the blood that may indicate the degradation of neural connections years before the onset of dementia symptoms. The protein could contribute to the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and possibly also help to assess nerve damage resulting from stroke or traumatic brain injury. More...28 Jun 2022
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