Technology

Computer-Aided Microscopy Facilitates Autoimmune Disease Diagnostics
A new software and immunofluorescence microscope system that supports automated imaging and interpretation for clinical diagnostics now provides specialized software for autoimmune disease identification, including analysis of anti-nuclear antibodies and anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies. More...15 Jun 2015


Automated HSV1 and 2 Test Receives US Marketing Approval
An automated real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the direct detection and differentiation of herpes simplex virus 1 and herpes simplex virus 2 DNA in anogenital specimens from symptomatic patients has been certified for diagnostic use in the United States. More...14 Jun 2015
![Image: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (stained purple) in a tissue specimen (blue) (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Image: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (stained purple) in a tissue specimen (blue) (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2015-06-09/GMS-170.jpg)

Next-Generation Whole-Cell Biosensors May Provide New Approach to Diagnostics
Researchers have developed the first programmable bacterial cells for medical diagnosis with improved computing and amplification capacity that could enable earlier clinical detection of various pathological biomarkers in urine or blood. More...
08 Jun 2015


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