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Image: A `lab-in-a-box`, the PLUM reader (Portable, Low-cost, User-friendly, Multimode), presents results from up to 384 patient samples and displays them in a single image capture (Photo courtesy of Livia Guo, LSK Technologies)

Paper-Based Portable Diagnostic Platform Accurately Detects Mosquito-Borne Diseases Under Field Conditions

Field trails conducted in Latin America have shown that a paper-based portable diagnostic platform could accurately detect patients with mosquito-borne diseases with sensitivities equivalent to laboratory PCR tests. More...
09 Mar 2022
Image: The Wyss Institute’s eRapid electrochemical sensor technology (Photo courtesy of Harvard Wyss Institute)

Low-Cost Multiplexed Electrochemical Biomarker Detection Platform to Be Commercialized in POC Diagnostics

A low-cost multiplexed electrochemical biomarker detection platform will be commercialized in point-of-care diagnostics to be put into the hands of patients and primary health practitioners. More...
09 Mar 2022
Image: The Chemagic Magnetic Separation Module I is the complete solution for preparation of nucleic acids from various sample material, such as blood, tissue, bacteria, plasma, saliva etc. (Photo courtesy of PerkinElmer Chemagen Technologie)

Inherited Cancer Risk Detected in Significant Subset of Wilms Tumor Cases

Roughly one in every three children with a type of kidney cancer known as Wilms tumor, or nephroblastoma, carry germline alterations implicated in hereditary cancer risk, new research suggests — findings that have prompted more widespread genetic testing for Dutch children with the condition. More...
08 Mar 2022
Image: Schematics of the general process of Raman data collection and analysis (Photo courtesy of KAIST)

'Fingerprint' Machine Learning Technique Identifies Different Bacteria in Seconds​

A synergistic combination of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and deep learning serves as an effective platform for separation-free detection of bacteria in arbitrary media. More...
08 Mar 2022
Image: Illustration depicting taking a lumbar puncture sample of CSF for liquid biopsy testing (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Liquid Biopsy of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Diagnosis of Medulloblastoma

A recent study found that young patients with the aggressive brain cancer medulloblastoma have a unique molecular makeup in their cerebrospinal fluid, which might be useful for diagnosis and monitoring the presence of a tumor in the central nervous system. More...
08 Mar 2022
Image: LIFECODES LSATM Class I and Class II assays (Photo courtesy of Immucor, Inc.)

Single-Antigen Assays Increase Clinical Laboratory's Ability to Identify Acceptable Donors for Transplants

A portfolio of newly-launched single antigen assays increases the ability of clinical laboratories to find acceptable donors in order to provide new beginnings for more transplant patients. More...
08 Mar 2022
Image: TeloView test for SMM can identify high risk SMM patients (Photo courtesy of Telo Genomics Corp.)

Prognostic Test Identifies High Risk and Low Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma Patients

A prognostic test for segregating high risk and low risk smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) patients could be soon become commercially available for clinical use. More...
08 Mar 2022
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Genetic Testing channel of LabMedica brings the latest in molecular genetics, cytogenetics, and epigenetics, and methods from PCR to FISH, and more.