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Immunity to COVID-19 Higher Than Serological Tests Suggest

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Tesla Building Portable, Automated “RNA Microfactories” for CureVac's COVID-19 Vaccine

New Study Confirms COVID-19 Vaccine Will Need to Elicit T Cells to Work alongside Antibodies

Fujifilm’s AI Platform, REiLI Chosen by ASST Vimercate Hospital to Support Operators in Fight Against COVID-19

COVID-19-Influenza Combination Test Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Erba Mannheim Makes SARS-CoV-2 Testing Available to Labs Everywhere

Eurofins Launches CE-IVD Marked Rapid POC Testing Devices to Identify Past Exposure to COVID-19 in 10 Minutes

Roche Secures FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Elecsys IL-6 Test to Identify Severe Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients

Transasia Launches COVID-19 IgG Antibody Kits with 98% Accuracy and at 20% Cost of RT-PCR Tests

Fluxergy Collaborates with Mass General Brigham to Evaluate One-Hour COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

T2 Biosystems Launches New COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic Test

Beckman Coulter's SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Test Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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RNA Sequencing as Alternative to Immunohistochemistry in Cancer Diagnostics

Image: The Bioanalyzer RNA 6000 Nano assay provides reliable and reproducible characterization of total RNA and mRNA from multiple sample types (Photo courtesy of Agilent Technologies).

The conventionally used method for cancer diagnostics relies on immunohistochemical dyeing of tumor tissue sections. It allows detecting the presence and measuring the concentration of marker proteins characterizing malignant growths. The resulting microscope images indicate whether the tumor is malignant and what its molecular type is. This information is crucial for selecting the right therapy. Read more
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Immune Cells Hampered Fighting Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcomas

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Pediatric CKD Progression Linked to Low Serum Bicarbonate

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Blood Group Locus Contributes to COVID-19 Severity Risk

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Blood Test Could Predict Multiple Sclerosis Progression

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Precision Medicine-Based Genetic Testing Developed for Prostate Cancer

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COVID-19-Influenza Combination Test Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA Silver Spring, MD, USA) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third diagnostic test for detection and differentiation of the viruses that cause flu and COVID-19 in individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Atlanta, GA, USA). Read more
06 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Image: ErbaLisa COVID-19 IgM ELISA kit (Photo courtesy of Erba Mannheim)

Transasia Launches COVID-19 IgG Antibody Kits with 98% Accuracy and at 20% Cost of RT-PCR Tests

Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. (Mumbai, India) has announced wide availability of its recently launched ELISA antibody test kits through its pan-India network of over 50,000 diagnostic labs. Read more
06 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Erba Mannheim Makes SARS-CoV-2 Testing Available to Labs Everywhere

Erba Mannheim (London, England) has taken up the challenge of providing labs and clinicians everywhere with reliable and affordable solutions to SARS-CoV-2 testing. Read more
03 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Image: The Fluxergy diagnostic testing system (Photo courtesy of Fluxergy)

Fluxergy Collaborates with Mass General Brigham to Evaluate One-Hour COVID-19 Diagnostic Test

Fluxergy (Irvine, CA, USA) will work with Mass General Brigham (MGB Boston, MA, USA) to further evaluate the company’s innovative Research Use Only (RUO) COVID-19 testing platform, designed to deliver accurate PCR test results in under one hour. Read more
03 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Eurofins Launches CE-IVD Marked Rapid POC Testing Devices to Identify Past Exposure to COVID-19 in 10 Minutes

Eurofins Technologies (Budapest, Hungary) has launched CE-IVD marked rapid point-of-care testing devices to identify a person’s past exposure to COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in only 10 minutes. Read more
02 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

T2 Biosystems Launches New COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic Test

T2 Biosystems, Inc. (Lexington, MA, USA) has completed validation of its COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test, the T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel. Read more
02 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Image: Elecsys IL-6 Test (Photo courtesy of Roche)

Roche Secures FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Elecsys IL-6 Test to Identify Severe Inflammatory Response in COVID-19 Patients

Roche (Basel, Switzerland) has secured Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new Elecsys IL-6 test to help in identifying COVID-19 patients at a high risk of severe inflammatory response. Read more
02 Jul 2020 | COVID-19

Beckman Coulter's SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody Test Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Beckman Coulter (Brea, CA, USA) has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its Access SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay. Read more
30 Jun 2020 | COVID-19

Blood Test Can Predict Severity of COVID-19

Doctors can now identify COVID-19 patients having the highest risk of severe illness and pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator by simply examining their blood. Read more
30 Jun 2020 | COVID-19

Image: MACS cell separation kit uses a combination of superparamagnetic nano-sized beads and a very high magnetic gradient in MACS Columns (Photo courtesy of Miltenyi Biotec).

Diagnostic Assay Developed for Unclassified Severe Combined Immune Deficiency

Severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) is a group of rare hereditary genetic disorders, and is characterized by a total absence of immune system function, including an absence of T-lymphocytes, the white blood cells that play a crucial role in the body's immune defense. Read more
30 Jun 2020 | Immunology

Image: CAPILLARYS 2 FLEX PIERCING is an instrument utilizing capillary electrophoresis developed to be versatile while providing a clear-cut and precise protein separation with high throughput (Photo courtesy of Sebia).

Detection Rate of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Determined

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal plasma cell malignancy that accounts for approximately 2% of all malignancies. Read more
30 Jun 2020 | Hematology

Image: This image depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the center cytosine. The two white spheres represent methyl groups (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Sensitive and Accurate Cancer Detection Through Analysis of Circulating Free DNA Methylation Patterns

An advanced liquid biopsy method for the detection and diagnosis of various types of cancer is based on the analysis of circulating tumor DNA methylation profiles. Read more
30 Jun 2020 | Molecular Diagnostics

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Image: Presepsin concentrations (ng/mL) in two severity groups. Black line: sepsis patients; black dotted line: septic shock patients (Photo courtesy of University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb).

Presepsin Values Evaluated as Sepsis Severity Markers

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition, with poor and highly variable clinical manifestations, difficult to identify and diagnose. Sepsis has remained a real diagnostic challenge to clinicians, causing... Read more

Image: Thyroid-stimulating hormone variations in pregnancy may prompt erroneous subclinical thyroid disease diagnosis (Photo courtesy of HealthEngine).

Pregnancy TSH Variations Prompt Erroneous Thyroid Disease Diagnosis

Thyroid-stimulating hormone is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine, and then triiodothyronine which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body.... Read more

Image: The single gene, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 7, and its mutations cause CF (Photo courtesy of Daryl Isaac).

Biomarkers Evaluated for Lung Disease Severity in Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common life-shortening monogenic disorders amongst European-derived populations currently affecting more than 85,000 patients worldwide. The diagnosis of CF is based... Read more

Image: A Thermo Fisher Orbitrap ID-X mass spectrometer used to analyze blood plasma metabolites in ALS patients (Photo courtesy of North Carolina State University).

Metabolite Profiling Reveals Predictive Biomarkers for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by stiff muscles, muscle twitching, and gradually worsening weakness due to muscles decreasing in size. It may begin with weakness in the arms or legs,... Read more

Molecular Diagnostics

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$Image: Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is found in serum and plasma fractions from blood. The mechanism of ctDNA release is unknown, though apoptosis, necrosis, and active secretion from tumor cells have been hypothesized. Once ctDNA is isolated, it can be sequenced for mutational analysis (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)$

Highly Sensitive Liquid Biopsy Technique Brings Personalized Cancer Monitoring a Step Closer

A modified liquid biopsy method enables detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) with much greater sensitivity than previously used techniques and demonstrates the potential to revolutionize all aspects... Read more

Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Is a Potential Prognostic Biomarker for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

A recent study has confirmed previous results showing that the protein serum neurofilament light chain is a potential prognostic biomarker for frontotemporal lobar degeneration. The frontotemporal dementias... Read more

Image: Micrograph of hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Diagnosing Liver Cancer by Screening Viral Exposure History

A blood test has been developed that enables diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer by screening for an individual's previous exposure to certain viruses.... Read more

Image: The multi-layer EV-CLUE chip device. The microreactors and connecting channels are visualized by filling with blue food dye. The bottom glass slide is patterned with nanoparticle structures and coated with antibody to capture extracellular vesicles (Photo courtesy of Dr. Yong Zeng)

A Novel Liquid Biopsy Device Enables Early Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

A novel liquid biopsy device for early cancer detection and diagnosis was used to isolate and analyze extracellular vesicles from breast cancer tumors. Evidence has accumulated, which indicates that... Read more

Hematology

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Image: The NanoDrop 2000 and 2000c are full-spectrum, UV-Vis spectrophotometers used to quantify and assess purity of DNA, RNA, Protein and more (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Serum Mir‐22 Prognostic Marker Explored for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive hematopoietic stem cell malignancy that is characterized by the clonal proliferation of myeloid precursors. Abnormal accumulation of leukemic blasts in the... Read more

Tortuosity-Powered Microfluidic Device Assesses Thrombosis

Accurate assessment of blood thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy is essential for the management of patients in a variety of clinical conditions, including surgery and on extracorporeal life support.... Read more

Image: A unit of cord blood that can be used for stem cell transplants (Photo courtesy of Catholic University of Valencia).

Cord Blood Transplants May Outperform Matched Sibling Donors

When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor sources: A matched related donor (sibling), a matched unrelated donor (from a donor database), a half-matched donor, or... Read more

Image: Doctors recommend that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the risk of forming blood clots. The TEG 6s system provides rapid, comprehensive and accurate identification of an individual’s hemostasis condition in a laboratory or point-of-care setting (Photo courtesy of Haemonetics Corporation).

Thromboelastography Identifies Undetected Blood Clots in COVID-19 Patients

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 400,000 deaths globally. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and other COVID-19–associated coagulopathies occur among patients... Read more

Immunology

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Image: This illustration reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Certain Cytokines Not Associated with Severity of COVID-19 Symptoms

The pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is sharply spreading all over the world. The severity of a viral disease usually is positive association with immune-mediated inflammatory responses.... Read more

Image: Schematic representation of the remote electrochemiluminescence (ECL) mechanism (Photo courtesy of University of Bologna).

Increasingly Efficient Serological Tests Developed with Electrochemiluminescence

Diagnostic markers, or biomarkers, are biomolecules (e.g., enzymes, proteins, peptides, and hormones) that can be measured accurately and reproducibly and can precisely predict relevant clinical outcomes... Read more

Image: The Cytokine Magnetic 30-Plex Panel is specifically designed for quantifying human cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in serum, plasma, and tissue culture supernatant (Photo courtesy of Invitrogen).

Cytokine Signatures of Tertian Malaria Infection Profiled During Pregnancy

Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax is a neglected tropical disease, especially during pregnancy, of worldwide distribution. P. vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most... Read more

Image: CTL- Immunospot Analyzers come in a wide range of models, each of which is designed to make assay analysis faster, easier, and more accurate than ever before (Photo courtesy of Cellular Technology Limited).

Initial Immune Response After Dengue Virus Infection Identified

Dengue virus (DENV) is a member of the clinically-relevant Flavivirus genus together with Zika virus, yellow fever virus and others. With four distinct serotypes, DENV is thought to infect between 280... Read more

Microbiology

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Image: The MiSeq Next Generation Sequencer is an integrated instrument that performs clonal amplification, genomic DNA sequencing, and data analysis with base calling, alignment, variant calling, and reporting in a single run (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis Characterized in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common, progressive, and debilitating disease, which currently cannot be prevented or cured. With the exception of rare genetic forms, the cause of PD is unknown.... Read more

Image: Corbett Rotor-Gene 6000 Real Time PCR Machine (Photo courtesy of Corbett Life Science).

Isothermal Amplification Method Used to Detect Salmonella Subtypes

Salmonella is a common cause of foodborne disease worldwide, including Australia. More than 85% of outbreaks of human salmonellosis in Australia were caused by five Salmonella serovars. Rapid, accurate,... Read more

Image: The Loa Antibody Rapid Test detects human IgG against a 148-aminoacid sequence of Ll-SXP-1 (Photo courtesy of Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases).

Two Serodiagnostic Tests Compared for Loiasis in Non-Endemic Area

Loiasis, the disease caused by the infection with the filarial nematode Loa loa, is transmitted through the bite of tabanid flies of the genus Chrysops. It is endemic in Central and West Africa where,... Read more

Fidget Spinner Rapidly Detects Urinary Tract Infections

More than half of all women experience at least one episode of urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetime, with men also facing increasing risks of infection as they age. Current detection of UTIs... Read more

Pathology

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Roche Advances Personalized Healthcare with Development of Image Analysis Algorithms Using Artificial Intelligence

Roche (Basel, Switzerland) has announced the CE-IVD launch of its automated digital pathology algorithm, the uPath PD-L1 (SP263) image analysis for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Roche is delivering... Read more

Image: Photomicrograph of pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma, a brain tumor, showing the characteristic bipolar cells with long hair-like processes (Photo courtesy of Nephron)

Precision Oncology Confers Clinical Benefit in Relapsed Pediatric Cancer

The Individualized Therapy for Relapsed Malignancies in Childhood (INFORM) registry has been created to help develop precision medicine-based approaches and to analyze their effectiveness across high-risk... Read more

Image: Schematic diagram of how the representative tumor sampling method lessens bias in molecular analyses (Photo courtesy of Francis Crick Institute).

Representative Tumor Sampling Method Lessens Molecular Analyses Bias

Over the past decade, clinical scientists have demonstrated the inability of an individual biopsy or formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) block to capture the genetic diversity of a solid tumor.... Read more

$Image: Schematic diagram of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) which is found in serum and plasma fractions from blood. The mechanism of ctDNA release is unknown, though apoptosis, necrosis, and active secretion from tumor cells have been hypothesized. Once ctDNA is isolated, it can be sequenced for mutational analysis (Photo courtesy of Rachel June Wong).$