Molecular Diagnostics


AI-Powered Voice-Activated Pipettes Streamline Processes and Increase Lab Productivity
Voice-activated pipettes are now set to become the future of pipetting. INTEGRA Biosciences (Zizers, Switzerland) has made its first foray into the world of artificial intelligence with the release of voice-activated pipettes that are designed to offer workflow benefits far beyond simplifying pipetting tasks. More...06 Apr 2022

Liquid Biopsy Enables Early Cancer Detection in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Patients
Patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) harbor germline pathogenic variants in the TP53 gene causing predisposition to many cancers from childhood through late adulthood and can accelerate the onset of cancer by more than 30 years. More...05 Apr 2022

World-First Bedside Genetic Test Identifies Susceptibility to Deafness in Newborn Babies
A new bedside machine takes just 25 minutes to identify whether a critically ill baby admitted to intensive care has a gene that could result in permanent hearing loss if they are treated with a common emergency antibiotic. More...05 Apr 2022

World-First Bedside Genetic Test Identifies Susceptibility to Deafness in Newborn Babies
A new bedside machine takes just 25 minutes to identify whether a critically ill baby admitted to intensive care has a gene that could result in permanent hearing loss if they are treated with a common emergency antibiotic. More...05 Apr 2022

Blood Test to Detect Protein Biomarkers Identified Using Breast Milk Could Enable Breast Cancer Screening
A simple blood test for women of all ages and risk levels could one day be possible thanks to a new set of protein biomarkers identified by researchers using breast milk. The newly identified biomarkers are for a specific type of cancer called invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), one of the most common types of breast cancers, but the approach could be used to identify biomarkers for other types of breast cancer as well. More...05 Apr 2022

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