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Image: The bite of an infected female tsetse fly taking a bloodmeal can transmit Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, cause of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also called African sleeping sickness, usually fatal if untreated  with patients falling into a coma before death (Photo David Bygott/Flickr, courtesy of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)).

New Rapid Diagnostic Test to Tackle Fatal Sleeping Sickness

Using an innovative approach, scientists have developed a simple serodiagnostic method, similar to a dipstick pregnancy test, to fight human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense More...
27 Jan 2016
Image: The Microflex LT bench-top MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and BioTyper (Photo courtesy of Bruker Daltonics).

Aerobic Bacteria Rapidly Identified by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is a diagnostic tool for the identification of organisms routinely found in the microbiology laboratory.   More...
27 Jan 2016
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Image: Targets on the paper test, left, change color to indicate infection (Photo courtesy of Matt Terry, McMaster University).

Paper-Based DNA Amplification Test to Simplify Infectious Disease Diagnostics

A simple and rapid paper-based diagnostic platform for diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms was described in a recent paper.  More...
24 Jan 2016
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Simplified Methodology Assists Molecular Analysis of Cholera

Simplified sample preservation methods have been evaluated for molecular characterization using multi-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for differentiation of Vibrio cholerae genotypes.  More...
20 Jan 2016
Image: Graph of mass-spectrometry-based mapping of tissue-specific protein in blood plasma, from the study of sepsis using quantitative targeted proteomics (Photo courtesy of Malmström laboratory, Lund University).

Protein Patterning: Novel Tool for Studying Sepsis

In a new approach using quantitative targeted proteomics, researchers have for the first time developed a way to use mass-spectrometry to measure hundreds of organ proteins in a single blood sample. The resulting protein patterns can help determine sepsis severity, which organs have been damaged, and may lead to faster diagnostics.  More...
18 Jan 2016
Image: Histopathology of chronic viral hepatitis C, necrosis and inflammation are prominent (Photo courtesy of University of Utah).

Hepatitis C Positive Antibody Test Leads to Molecular Assay

Conventional laboratory and medical practice for Hepatitis C virus infection involves referring a patient for a second office visit and blood draw if the initial antibody screening test produces a positive result.  More...
18 Jan 2016
Image: Novel Immunoassay for Dengue virus (Photo courtesy of Fraunhofer IZI).

Novel Immunoassay Developed to Diagnose Dengue

Until now, it has been difficult to diagnose whether someone is suffering from dengue fever or whether they have contracted another flavivirus, such as yellow fever, West Nile virus, or Tick-borne encephalitis virus.   More...
17 Jan 2016
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