Molecular Diagnostics
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Blood Test Combines Cutting-Edge Genomics and AI to Identify Persistent or Recurrent Cancer
The world’s first whole-genome cancer intelligence platform combines artificial intelligence (AI) pattern recognition and whole-genome sequencing to provide rapid and specific detection of residual disease that is up to 100x more sensitive than competing technologies, while only using small samples of blood (1-2mL). More...26 Oct 2021

Revolution in Rapid Testing: A New Generation of Programmable Lateral Flow Assays
Researchers have modified and enhanced the commonly used lateral flow assay method by introducing a technique to control the rate of capillary flow, which enables the test strip to carry out multistep chemical reactions following a programmed sequence. More...25 Oct 2021

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