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ATTENTION: Due to the COVID-19 PANDEMIC, many events are being rescheduled for a later date, converted into virtual venues, or altogether cancelled. Please check with the event organizer or website prior to planning for any forthcoming event.

20 Jun 2021 - 24 Jun 2021
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World Microbe Forum – American Society for Microbiology (ASM) & Federation of European Microbiological Societies

21 Jun 2021 - 24 Jun 2021

MEDLAB Middle East 2021.

22 Jun 2021 - 25 Jun 2021
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SLAS Europe 2021 Conference & Exhibition – Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening

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Getinge's AI Solution Helps Hospitals Address Post COVID-19 Pandemic Surgical Backlog

Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Proves an Effective Booster in Preclinical Trial

Disposable Bronchoscope Eliminates Contamination Risk

Engineered IgM Antibody Administered Intranasally May Be More Potent at Inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 and Its Variants than Current Antibody Therapies

Minimally Invasive Valves System Alleviates Severe Tricuspid Insufficiency

Increasing Efficacy of Antibody Tests Propelling Growth of Global Immunoassay Market Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Rapid Test Accurately Detects Coronavirus in as Little as One Minute

Handheld RT-PCR System Combined with Saliva-Based Test Brings Mobility to COVID-19 Testing and Reduces Cost

OraSure’s Easy and Intuitive ‘Swab, Swirl and See’ COVID-19 Tests Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Thermo Fisher Launches Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

New Method for Rapid, Accurate Detection of Viruses Could Speed Up COVID-19 Testing

Rapid Blood Test Could Confirm COVID-19 Vaccination in Minutes

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Serum Biomarkers Differentiates COVID-19 From Classic Cytokine Storm Syndromes

Image: Quantikine ELISA kits are available in a range of formats for measuring intracellular and extracellular proteins (Photo courtesy of R&D Systems)

A cytokine storm, also called hypercytokinemia, is a physiological reaction in humans and other animals in which the innate immune system causes an uncontrolled and excessive release of pro-inflammatory signaling molecules called cytokines. Read more
10 Jun 2021

Familial Hypercholesterolemia Tends to Slip Past Genetic Tests

10 Jun 2021

Intraoperative Frozen Section Detect Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis

09 Jun 2021

Point-of-Care Testing Evaluated for Early Coagulopathy Diagnosis

09 Jun 2021

Personalized CtDNA Analysis Detects Minimal Residual Disease

08 Jun 2021

Urinary Sodium/Potassium Ratio Screens for Hyperaldosteronism in Hypertensive Men

08 Jun 2021

Industry Spotlight

Global Clinical Chemistry Analyzers Market to Reach USD 15.97 Billion by 2028

The global clinical chemistry analyzers market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.25% from USD 11.45 billion in 2020 to USD 15. Read more
11 Jun 2021

Global COVID-19 Saliva Screening Test Market to Reach USD 3,406.2 Billion by 2023

The global COVID-19 saliva screening test potential market size is expected to expand at a CAGR of 4. Read more
09 Jun 2021

Global Lateral Flow Assays Market to Reach USD 13.85 Billion by 2027 Due to Benefits of Rapid Tests and Growing Demand for POC Testing

The global lateral flow assays market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.8% from 2020 to 2027 to reach USD 13. Read more
20 May 2021

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Increasing Efficacy of Antibody Tests Propelling Growth of Global Immunoassay Market Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

The growth of the global immunoassay market is being propelled by the drive to increase the efficacy of antibody tests amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, led further by the growing use of immunoassay methods in diagnosis of various autoimmune diseases. Read more
11 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: Researchers in the Blake Wiedenheft Lab, from left, Laina Hall, undergraduate research assistant, Andrew Santiago-Frangos, postdoctorate fellow, and Pushya Krishna, undergraduate research assistant, helped repurpose a CRISPR system to make rapid, accurate COVID-19 test. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez)

CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Rapid Test Accurately Detects Coronavirus in as Little as One Minute

Researchers have repurposed a CRISPR system to make a rapid, accurate COVID-19 test that can accurately detect even relatively small amounts of coronavirus in patient samples in less than 30 minutes and sometimes in as little as one minute. Read more
10 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: Ubiquitome’s Liberty16 RT-PCR system (Photo courtesy of Ubiquitome Limited)

Handheld RT-PCR System Combined with Saliva-Based Test Brings Mobility to COVID-19 Testing and Reduces Cost

COVID-19 testing has been made easier and more accessible with the US FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) of the combination of SalivaDirect developed by Yale School of Public Health (New Haven, CT, USA) with Ubiquitome Limited’s (Auckland, New Zealand) handheld Liberty16 mobile real time-PCR. Read more
09 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: First biomarker in blood that distinguishes myocarditis from an acute myocardial infarction (Photo courtesy of Centro Nacional De Investigaciones Cardiovasculares)

Blood MicroRNA Biomarker Distinguishes Myocarditis from Myocardial Infarction

A novel microRNA has been found that can be used to distinguish patients with myocarditis from those with myocardial infarction. Read more
08 Jun 2021 | Molecular Diagnostics

Image: InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid antigen test (Photo courtesy of OraSure Technologies, Inc.)

OraSure’s Easy and Intuitive ‘Swab, Swirl and See’ COVID-19 Tests Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Bethlehem, PA, USA) has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid antigen tests which detect active COVID-19 infection. Read more
08 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)

Thermo Fisher Launches Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched the Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay to improve SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. Read more
08 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: Figure shows the schematic illustration of RADICA (Photo courtesy of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology)

New Method for Rapid, Accurate Detection of Viruses Could Speed Up COVID-19 Testing

Researchers have developed a method for rapid, accurate detection of viruses that is four times faster than conventional PCR methods, is highly specific, sensitive, and resistant to inhibitors and could speed up COVID-19 testing. Read more
08 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: An image taken from a YouTube video shows results of a rapid blood test developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that can confirm in minutes if a person has been vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of Robert Kruse)

COVID-19 Transformation to Help Global qPCR and dPCR Instrumentation Market Reach USD 9.2 Billion by 2026

The global market for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and digital PCR (dPCR) instrumentation estimated at USD 5. Read more
04 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: GSD NovaType III SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay (Photo courtesy of Eurofins Technologies)

Eurofins Launches New Multiplex PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of B.1.617 Kappa SARS-CoV-2 Variant

Eurofins Technologies (Ebersberg, Germany) has launched its GSD NovaType III SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay, developed for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern including B. Read more
04 Jun 2021 | COVID-19

Image: The Mindray BC-6800 hematology analyzer (Photo courtesy of Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics)

Platelet Indices Analyzed for Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus Co-Morbidity

Studies have demonstrated that some diseases accelerate Tuberculosis (TB) occurrence and development. Read more
03 Jun 2021 | Hematology

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Image: The YSI 2300 STAT Plus Glucose & Lactate Analyzer (Photo courtesy of YSI Life Science)

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Associated with Insulin Secretion

Dyslipidemia is characterized by low levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs), hypertriglyceridemia, high total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations, as well as an increased proportion... Read more

Image: AB Sciex 4000Qtrap quadrupole mass spectrometer (Photo courtesy of Sciex)

Low Sugar Metabolite Associated with Disability, Neurodegeneration in MS

N-glycan branching modulates cell surface receptor availability, and its deficiency in mice promotes inflammatory demyelination, reduced myelination, and neurodegeneration. N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)... Read more

Image: The CHEMOSTAR Touch ECL & Fluorescence Imager (Photo courtesy of INTAS)

Non‐Invasive Urine Markers Differentiate Renal Cancer from Oncocytoma

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma, (ccRCC), is a type of kidney cancer. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is also called conventional renal cell carcinoma. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is named after how... Read more

Image: An enzyme immunoassay for human serum catestatin (Photo courtesy of RayBiotech)

Serum Catestatin Level Is Increased in Women with Preeclampsia

Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, most often the liver and kidneys. Preeclampsia usually begins after 20 weeks of... Read more

Molecular Diagnostics

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Analytic Validation and Clinical Utilization of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Test

Cancer has a high clinical burden and oncology therapies are expensive. It is estimated that 1,898,160 new cancer cases will be diagnosed and over 608,570 deaths are projected to occur in the USA in 2021.... Read more

Image: Schematics of the workflow for the Geneseeq Prime 425-gene panel (Photo courtesy of Geneseeq Technology)

Colorectal Cancer Relapse Predicted by ctDNA Clearance

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer around the world with more than 1.9 million new cases diagnosed annually. CRC is also the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths with a 5-year... Read more

Urinary Interleukin-8 May Be the Ultimate Bladder Cancer Biomarker

A recently published study established that the urinary protein interleukin-8 (IL-8) not only distinguished bladder cancer from controls, it also discriminated high grade from low grade disease, and the... Read more

Image: Neurons were grown in tissue culture and stained with antibody to microtubule associated protein 2 (MAP2) protein in green and MAP tau in red. MAP2 is found only in dendrites and perikarya, while tau is found in these sites and in axons as well. DNA is shown in blue (Photo courtesy of EnCor Biotechnology Inc. via Wikimedia Commons)

Plasma-Based Algorithm Accurately Predicts Likelihood of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease

A team of Swedish researchers has created an algorithm for use by physicians lacking access to advanced diagnostic instruments, which accurately predicts future risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD).... Read more

Hematology

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Image: Appearance of a common form of typical migraine visual aura (Photo courtesy of Poojitha Mamindla, PharmD)

Hemostatic Profile Associated with Migraine with Aura

Nearly 15% of the population in the USA experiences migraine. One subtype of migraine that is not well understood is migraine with aura (MA). Individuals who experience MA often see flashing lights, blind... Read more

Image: The Star Evolution coagulation analyzer (Photo courtesy of Diagnostica Stago)

Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Assessed in Splenic Injury Patients

The most frequently injured solid organ following blunt abdominal trauma is the spleen. Splenectomy was a standard surgical procedure for splenic injury until the mid‐20th century. However, thrombotic... Read more

$Image: Bone marrow smear from a patient with refractory anemia (MDS) with ring sideroblasts. Classic appearance of ring sideroblasts shows iron deposition in a `necklace` around the nucleus using Perls stain (Photo courtesy of University of Pavia)$

Hematological and Molecular Parameters Defined for CCUS and MDS

Patients with clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS) have low blood counts and a normal bone marrow examination, but more advanced genetic testing shows the presence of a genetic mutation... Read more

African-American MS Patients Experience More Rapid B-Cell Repopulation

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). In MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers... Read more

Immunology

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Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Evaluated Among People Living with HIV

Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal disease caused by a few species of Cryptococcus (most often Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii). Cryptococcosis is believed to be acquired by inhalation... Read more

Image: The Beckman Coulter AcT Diff automatic cell counter (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter)

Innate Lymphoid Cells Analyzed at the Maternal-Fetal Interface

Preterm birth (PTB) is one of the major causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is commonly accepted that the act of giving birth is the final step in a proinflammatory signaling cascade,... Read more

Human Microbiota Flagellins Drive Adaptive Immune Responses in Crohn’s Disease

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, another type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), are characterized by dysregulated adaptive immune responses to the microbiota in genetically susceptible individuals,... Read more

Image: The Capillarys 3 TERA is an automated analyzer based on capillary zone electrophoresis and UV detection for the quantitative analysis of Hba1c, proteins (serum and urine), immunotyping (serum and urine), and carbohydrate deficient transferrin (Photo courtesy of Sebia)

Gel and Capillary Electrophoresis Compared for Human Proteins

The electrophoresis of serum proteins remains a laboratory cornerstone for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with plasma cell disorders, such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance,... Read more

Microbiology

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Image: Computer-generated Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, Ziehl-Neelsen stain. The reagents used are carbol fuchsin, acid alcohol, and methylene blue counterstain Acid-fast bacilli stain red and the background is blue (Photo courtesy of microbiologyinpictures)

Serum Based Antigen Test Detects Childhood Tuberculosis

Approximately one million children develop tuberculosis (TB) and 205,000 die of TB-related causes each year. Eighty percent of these deaths occur in children < 5 years old, with the majority (96%) of... Read more

Image: The Leptospira ELISA IgM assay (Photo courtesy of Panbio)

Leptospira IgM ELISA Evaluated Among Outpatients in Southern Asia

Leptospirosis is a widespread but neglected zoonotic disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Leptospira. Leptospirosis contributes to approximately 48,000 annual deaths globally, with 500,000 cases... Read more

Image: Dr. Tza-Huei Wang displays the PROMPT test cartridge for rapid diagnosis of gonorrhea infection (Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins University)

Rapid, Automated Test Detects Gonorrhea and Determines Antibiotic Susceptibility

An inexpensive, portable diagnostic test that gives results in only 15 minutes is expected to revolutionize detection of sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea. Effective treatment of sexually... Read more

Image: Photomicrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Ziehl-Neelsen Acid-Fast Stains bacteria red (Photo courtesy of Rockefeller University)

Potential Immune Markers Found for Active Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body.... Read more

Pathology

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Rapid, Direct-to-Digital Prostate Biopsy Pathology Evaluated

Increasing adoption of digital pathology promises marked improvements in reproducibility, efficiency, and accuracy of tissue-based diagnostics by facilitating routine remote expert consultation and enabling... Read more

Image: The Hamamatsu Photonics Nanozoomer 1 Digital Slide Scanner (Photo courtesy of University of Adelaide)

Genetic Background and Clinicopathologic Features Established for Adult-Onset Nephronophthisis

Nephronophthisis (NPH) is a genetic disorder of the kidneys which mainly affects children. It is classified as a medullary cystic kidney disease. The disorder is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion... Read more

Breast Cancer Histopathology Employs Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging

Digital analysis of cancer specimens using spectroscopic imaging coupled to machine learning is an emerging area that links spatially localized spectral signatures to tissue structure and disease.... Read more

Image: The Hyperion Imaging System brings proven CyTOF technology together with imaging capability to empower simultaneous interrogation of four to 37 protein markers using Imaging Mass Cytometry (Photo courtesy of Fluidigm)

Spatial Landscape of Lung Pathology Investigated During COVID-19 Progression

Early histopathological changes of viral pneumonias are rarely observed because histopathological examination is not necessary for diagnosis, but late stage changes in viral pneumonias are well defined,... Read more

Technology

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$Image: Schematic of the imaging of pathological tissue 3D structure by combining optical diffraction tomography and automated stitching (Photo courtesy of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)$