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Image: The new miniature ELISA microplate reader device is created with a 3-D printer and attaches to a smartphone, enabling clinicians to perform lower-cost rapid diagnostic ELISA tests at point-of-care, including in many resource-poor or field settings (Photo courtesy of UCLA).

Newly Developed Mobile Phone Device Reads ELISA Plates

A multidisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians have developed a handheld smartphone-based device that can quickly read standard 96-well microplates with the same level of accuracy as the platforms commonly used in central clinical laboratories. The device, made by 3-D printing, attaches to the smartphone.  More...
17 Aug 2015
Image: The new “XylemDx” inkjet printing based technology turns a sheet of paper into any one of a variety of rapid, lower-cost tests. Each can be configured with a custom set of test modules before being folded concertina-style into the traditional test cartridge shape (Photo courtesy of Cambridge Consultants).

New Inkjet-Printed Diagnostics-on-Demand Demonstrated at AACC 2015

An inkjet-based innovation for high-tech printing on paper opens the door to lower cost, rapid ) POC testing, and was demonstrated during the 2015 AACC Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.  More...
17 Aug 2015
Image: Schematic representation of the photonic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on a chip using light to rapidly heat and cool electrons at the surface of a thin film of gold (Photo courtesy of Luke Lee/BioPOETS laboratory).

Turbocharged Thermal Cycling Leads to Ultrafast DNA Diagnostics

Nucleic acid amplification and quantification via polymerase chain reaction is one of the most sensitive and powerful tools for clinical laboratories, precision medicine, personalized medicine, and other scientific fields.  More...
12 Aug 2015
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Finnish Gastric Cancer Biomarker Tests to Be used in Large Chinese Screening Study

A panel of tests produced by a Finnish biomedical company that assess gastric cancer risk will be used in a large screening study of asymptomatic persons in China.  More...
11 Aug 2015
Image: The Parasight platform: computer vision technology scans stained blood samples under a fluorescent microscope and detects the presence of malaria parasites in blood cells (Photo courtesy of Sight Diagnostics).

Computer Algorithms Automatically Detect Malaria in Stained Blood Smears

An Israeli startup company has developed a computerized platform that detects anomalies in stained blood cell samples—such as those infected by the malaria parasite—faster and more accurately than the human eye.  More...
10 Aug 2015
Image: Alere i Strep A: The molecular platform that detects Group A Streptococcus (GAS) bacteria in eight minutes or less (Photo courtesy of Alere).

Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Strep A Infections Now Available in Multiple US Healthcare Settings

A molecular diagnostic platform that detects Group A Streptococcus infections in eight minutes or less was awarded a CLIA waiver by the Food and Drug Administration, which paves the way for its use in a broad range of healthcare settings.  More...
10 Aug 2015
Image: The Pictus P500 bench top clinical chemistry system (Photo courtesy of Diatron).

Intelligent Walkaway Clinical Chemistry Analyzer Showcased at AACC

A global provider of hematology and clinical chemistry analyzers will display its new economic walkaway clinical chemistry analyzer at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry in Atlanta during July 28–30, 2015, in booth 2100.  More...
10 Aug 2015
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